Cameroon: Security Forces Kill Civilians, Rape Woman

Cameroonian security forces have killed at least four civilians and raped one woman since mid-June 2019 during security operations in the North-West region. Those killed include an… Read more »

Burundi: Under Siege, Burundi's Journalists Fight On

When a journalist we know walks through the streets of his hometown in Burundi, his neighbors often exclaim: "Here comes uwubangamiwe!" Although they say it in jest, the nickname… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique Passes Law to End Child Marriage

Mozambique's national assembly took an important step toward ending the country's sky-high rate of child marriage by unanimously adopting a law banning the practice. The new law… Read more »

Guinea: Critical Time for Human Rights in Guinea

Next year, Guinea's human rights record will come under scrutiny in a review carried out by the Human Rights Council. Human Rights Watch yesterday gave the Council a report that… Read more »

Guinea: Submission to the Universal Periodic Review

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South Sudan: Free Detained Editor

South Sudan's National Security Service has detained Michael Christopher, the editor-in-chief of the Arabic language daily newspaper Al Watan, without charge since July 17, 2019,… Read more »

Central African Republic: Armed Group Kills 46 Civilians

Fighters from the armed group Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation, or 3R, killed at least 46 civilians on May 21, 2019, in three attacks in Ouham Pendé province in the… Read more »

Kenya: Govt Should Address Unlawful Killings By Police

It is time for Kenyan authorities to address the scourge of police killings in some of Nairobi's poorest neighborhoods. Read more »

Kenya: Letter to Inspector General of Police Regarding Unlawful Killings By Police

Mr Hillary Nzioka Mutyambai, Read more »

Algeria: Algeria/Western Sahara - Three Dissidents Behind Bars

The government-in-exile that administers the camps in Algeria for refugees from Western Sahara is detaining three critics while an investigating judge explores treason and other… Read more »

Egypt: Kuwait - 8 Egyptian Dissidents Unlawfully Returned

Kuwaiti authorities on July 15, 2019 unlawfully returned eight Egyptian dissidents despite the serious risk of torture and persecution they face in Egypt, Human Rights Watch said… Read more »

Eritrea: UN Rights Body Maintains Scrutiny of Eritrea's Dire Rights Record

Yesterday, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea. But the renewing the mandate shouldn't have been… Read more »

Cameroon: Kidnappings Endemic in Anglophone Regions

On June 28, armed separatists beat and kidnapped John Fru Ndi, a well-known Cameroonian politician considered by some as one of the country's old guard of political activism, from… Read more »

Ethiopia: Inside What Was Ethiopia's Jail Ogaden

Now, after years of being not permitted to enter Ethiopia to conduct research, Human Rights Watch and other human rights groups can visit, although acquiring visas remains a… Read more »

Eritrea: One Year After Peace Deal, Little Has Changed in Eritrea

Today marks one year since the historic peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which ended 20 years of intermittent conflict between the two countries. Eritrea's leaders had… Read more »

Sudan: Put Justice Up Front

Sudanese leaders should facilitate the establishment and cooperate with the work of an effective international investigation into the killings of and abuses against protesters… Read more »

Sudan: UN Rights Council Shamefully Silent On Sudan - International Investigation Needed

Amid turbulent change in Sudan, the country's human rights record remains dire. Since December 2018, government security forces have killed hundreds of protesters on the streets,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: ICC - Congo Warlord Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) conviction of the Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda sends a strong message that justice may await those responsible for grave crimes in… Read more »

Egypt: Renewed Detention of Scholar's Daughter Unlawful

Egyptian authorities should release Ola al-Qaradawi, the daughter of a well-known Islamic scholar, who was rearrested on July 4, Human Rights Watch said today. A prosecutor charged… Read more »

Nigeria: UK Gets It Wrong On Human Trafficking

This week, the United Kingdom Home Office, the country’s interior ministry, came under heavy criticism from the Nigerian anti-trafficking agency and UK politicians, human… Read more »

Kenya: Nairobi Police Executing Suspects

Police in Kenya have killed no fewer than 21 men and boys in Nairobi’s low-income areas, apparently with no justification, claiming they were criminals, Human Rights Watch… Read more »

Kenya: Killings by Police in Nairobi

Police officials at the Pangani station, which patrols Mathare, one of the areas where people were killed, told Human Rights Watch they were aware of the killings but could not… Read more »

Libya: Deadly Attack Highlights Disregard for Civilians

The deaths of at least 44 migrants and asylum seekers in an airstrike on July 3, 2019 on a compound that includes a detention center in Tajoura, near Tripoli, Libya, is a… Read more »

Eritrea: Eritrea Mandate Needed Until Abuses Addressed

We welcome the Special Rapporteur's report and her identification of specific benchmarks which, if implemented, could set Eritrea on a path to meaningful human rights reform. Read more »

Kenya: Tribunal Stops Kenya's Coal Plant Plans

Environmental activists in Kenya scored a unique victory last week. On June 26, the National Environmental Tribunal revoked a license issued to Amu Power Company to establish a… Read more »