Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC)
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March 14
Kenya: Safe Access to Abortion Crucial to Reducing Maternal Mortality in Kenya
Five years ago, Kenya's First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta, launched the "Beyond Zero" campaign to eradicate preventable maternal and child mortality in Kenya. The initiative has drawn… Read more »
March 13
Angola: Court Frees 13 Pro-Independence Activists
A court in Angola's oil-rich province of Cabinda has ordered the release of 13 of the 63 activists arrested during a massive police crackdown earlier this year ahead of a… Read more »
Ghana: Not Everyone Is Celebrating On Independence Day in Ghana
On my Twitter feed last week, I saw many images of Ghanaians celebrating Independence Day: people dressed in their finest, cheering and waving flags, marching bands playing,… Read more »
Somalia: Heinous Act Overshadowed Women's Day in Puntland
Ten days before the world celebrated International Women's Day on March 8, the brutal rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Puntland, Somalia sparked protests across the country… Read more »
March 12
Rwanda: Another Mysterious Opposition Death
The death of an assistant to Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire last weekend has sent a chill through those who still dare to challenge the status quo in Rwanda.… Read more »
South Sudan: Council Should Renew Commission of Human Rights
Human Rights Watch urges the Human Rights Council to renew and strengthen the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan and ensure it has enough resources to… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Excessive Force Used Against Protesters - HRW
Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to crush nationwide protests in mid-January 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sudden… Read more »
Cameroon: Council Should Act On Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Cameroon, and the Philippines
While the Council has several critical situations on its agenda, we are alarmed that the crises in many countries deepen while the Council stands idly by. Read more »
March 11
Eritrea: Govt Should Permit Access to United Nations Special Rapporteur
Like other observers, Human Rights Watch hoped that the people of Eritrea would benefit from the announcement last July that Eritrea and Ethiopia had agreed to end the "state of… Read more »
Guinea: Complaint Filed Against Bauxite Mining Company in Guinea
Guinea's fast-growing bauxite mining industry is threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Guineans. Mining has destroyed ancestral farmlands, damaged water sources, and coated… Read more »
March 06
Tanzania: Authorities Cite Bias in Banning of Major English Newspaper
Freedom of expression is under attack once again in Tanzania. Read more »
March 05
Egypt: UN - Don't Let Egypt Undermine Expert's Role
States at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva should ensure that Egypt is not allowed to seize a leading role in relation to the mandate of the United Nations' expert… Read more »
Sudan: Emergency Decrees Bring More Repression
After more than two months of near-daily protests in Khartoum and across Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir announced on the evening of February 22 a year-long state of emergency and… Read more »
March 04
Egypt: Egypt Should Win an Oscar for Hypocrisy Over Praise for Rami Malek
Egyptian authorities were eager to claim a connection to Egyptian-American actor Rami Malek after his best actor win at the Academy Awards last week. Egypt's Immigration Ministry… Read more »
March 02
Algeria: Arbitrary Arrests At Election Protests
Algerian authorities should allow Algerians to assemble peacefully and refrain from using excessive force against demonstrators opposing a fifth term for President Abdelaziz… Read more »
February 26
Tunisia: Effort to Shut Down LGBT Group
The Tunisian government should halt its attempt to fight a court ruling that gave an LGBT association the right to operate, Human Rights Watch said today. The Tunis-based Shams… Read more »
February 23
Rwanda: A Year On, No Justice for Refugee Killings
Rwandan authorities have failed to release their investigations of the fatal shooting of 12 protesting refugees by police in western Rwanda on February 22, 2018. Read more »
Kenya: Ensure Justice in Death of Kenyan Activist
Kenya's human rights community was jolted by news earlier this month that relatives had found the body of activist Caroline Mwatha Ochieng at the Nairobi City mortuary. She was… Read more »
February 22
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Lets in Human Rights Watch for First Time in 8 Years
Unfortunately, institutions that would normally resolve those grievances - the judiciary, parliament, the Human Rights Commission -- aren't yet seen as independent or capable of… Read more »
February 21
Senegal: If Senegal's Presidential Candidates Care, They'll Protect Talibés
On January 13, I saw a boy who had been hit by a motorcycle lying on the street in the town of Louga. He was sobbing and holding his leg, which appeared to be broken. But this was… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: How Police Killed and 'Disappeared' 34 Young Men, Boys - HRW
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo summarily killed at least 27 young men and boys and forcibly disappeared 7 others during an anti-crime campaign between May and… Read more »
Senegal: If Senegal's Presidential Candidates Care, They'll Protect Talibés
On January 13, I saw a boy who had been hit by a motorcycle lying on the street in the town of Louga. He was sobbing and holding his leg, which appeared to be broken. But this was… Read more »
Africa: African Union Needs to Protect the Continent's Displaced
The disproportionate impact of forced migration on women and girls was an important side discussion at the recent African Union (AU) session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more »
Mozambique: Media Barred From Insurgent Region
Mozambique's state security forces are intimidating, detaining, and prosecuting journalists covering the fighting against an armed Islamist group in the northern province of Cabo… Read more »
February 20
Cameroon: Violence Takes Its Toll on Schoolchildren
On February 16, 170 students, mostly girls under 18, were abducted by a group of armed separatists from a boarding school in Kumbo, in the North-West region of Cameroon. The… Read more »
