Egypt: UN - Address Egypt's Assault On Rights

The United Nations Human Rights Council should use the upcoming review of Egypt's human rights records to address unprecedented levels of repression, 18 organizations including… Read more »

South Africa: Punish Xenophobic Violence

The South African police should take swift action to end xenophobic attacks targeting African foreign nationals. Read more »

Libya: Justice, Delayed.

The scars ran deep. His back was a maze of thick welts, thinner scars and parts that resembled small craters. His wrists and ankles were raw from where he'd been shackled and… Read more »

Nigeria: Military Holding Children As Boko Haram Suspects

The Nigerian military has arbitrarily detained thousands of children in degrading and inhuman conditions for suspected involvement with the armed Islamist group Boko Haram, Human… Read more »

Burundi: UN Rights Body Should Extend Inquiry

The United Nations Human Rights Council should extend the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi during its ongoing session in Geneva, Human Rights Watch said today. The… Read more »

Morocco: Trial Over Private Life Allegations

The Moroccan authorities' prosecution and jailing of a journalist on charges of having an abortion and sex outside of marriage flagrantly violate her rights to privacy, liberty,… Read more »

Algeria: Tightening the Screws On Protests

Algeria's authorities have jailed dozens of people for peaceful protests in the six months since the beginning of a wave of street demonstrations that forced the resignation of… Read more »

Ethiopia: Gates Open On Infamous Maekelawi Jail

Today, Maekelawi, the infamous police station in the heart of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, was opened for the first time to the public. For years, Maekelawi has been synonymous… Read more »

South Sudan: Missing File Blocks Justice for Rapes, Murder

A missing case file is blocking appeals in the sexual assault case stemming from the July 11, 2016 attack on the Terrain hotel in Juba, South Sudan, Amnesty International, Human… Read more »

Zambia: Toxic Mines Poison Locals Long After Closure

"Henry" is thin and small for his age. The 10-year-old, his mum and I are sitting outside in the dusty, poor township of Waya in the Zambian city of Kabwe on a hot, dry afternoon. Read more »

Mozambique: Open Letter to Pope Francis Ahead of His Visit

Your Holiness, Pope Francis Read more »

Somalia: A Small Victory for Somalis At the UN

Six United Nations Security Council members have blocked a bid by Kenya to impose additional counterterrorism sanctions on the Islamist armed group Al-Shabab in Somalia. Read more »

Cameroon: Separatist Leaders Appeal Conviction

Ten leaders of the separatist Ambazonia Interim Government in Cameroon lodged an appeal on August 26, 2019, against their August 20 convictions and life sentences by a military… Read more »

Tanzania: Ending Violence in Schools Begins With Banning Canes in All Classrooms

In 2016, in a classroom in the hilly city of Mwanza, in northwestern Tanzania, a group of about 20 girls took turns demonstrating to me how their teachers hit them using canes. The… Read more »

Tanzania: Ending Violence in Schools Begins with Banning Canes in All Classrooms

In 2016, in a classroom in the hilly city of Mwanza, in northwestern Tanzania, a group of about 20 girls took turns demonstrating to me how their teachers hit them using canes. The… Read more »

Africa: Lead in the Blood - the Poisoning of a Generation

Years have passed, but Kasuba* still remembers when she was tested for lead as a child of about 8. The World Health Organisation says that there is no safe level of lead exposure.… Read more »

Nigeria: What Happens When Trafficking Survivors Get Home

For years, international media have been full of horrifying stories of Nigerian women and girls trafficked to Libya and Europe for sexual and labor exploitation. Read more »

Nigeria: Anguish, Poverty Confront Trafficking Survivors

Many survivors of sex and labor trafficking struggle with unaddressed health challenges, poverty, and abhorrent conditions upon their return to Nigeria. Nigerian authorities have… Read more »

Nigeria: No Reprieve for Trafficking Survivors in Nigeria - Witness

Adaura C.'s life has never been easy. She has dealt with abandonment, neglect, forced abortion, and kidnapping by ISIS. She managed to escape after being trafficked to Libya, where… Read more »

South Africa: Deadly Attacks on Foreign Truck Drivers

The South African government should take urgent measures to protect foreign national truck drivers from violence, intimidation, and harassment in the country’s cycle of… Read more »

Africa: Deadly Attacks On Foreign Truck Drivers

The South African government should take urgent measures to protect foreign national truck drivers from violence, intimidation, and harassment in the country's cycle of xenophobic… Read more »

Sudan: Prioritize Justice, Accountability

Sudan's new transitional government should take concrete steps to ensure accountability for past rights abuses, including the attacks on protesters since the ouster of former… Read more »

Zambia: Playing in Poisoned Dust - Being Outside is a Health Risk for Some of Zambia's Children

Thousands of children in Kabwe, Zambia, risk lead poisoning just by playing outside because the earth and dust are so contaminated. The source is a lead and zinc mine that shut… Read more »

Zambia: Zambia: Lead Contamination Imperils Children

Effective Cleanup, Health Services Desperately Needed Near Former Lead Mine Read more »

Cameroon: Detainees Tortured

Cameroonian authorities held over 100 detainees incommunicado and tortured many of them in a detention facility in Yaoundé, Cameroon's capital, from July 23 to August 4,… Read more »