Angola: Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Angola

48th session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review Read more »

South Sudan: Girls, Women Under Constant Threat in South Sudan

Abductions, School Attacks, Rapes Should Spur Action Read more »

Malawi: Police Look On As Peaceful Protesters Assaulted

Investigate Violence, Ensure Freedom of Assembly Ahead of September Elections Read more »

Kenya: Hold Authorities Accountable for Protesters' Deaths

Authorities Should Also End Media Ban, Protect Rights to Assemble and Protest Read more »

Ethiopia: Crackdown On Health Workers' Protests

Government Should Commit to Addressing Their Grievances Read more »

Eritrea: Human Rights Council Members Should Reject Eritrea's Bid to End Scrutiny

Council Should Support Renewal of Special Rapporteur Read more »

Nigeria: Resurgence of Suicide Bombings in Nigeria's Boko Haram Conflict

Indiscriminate Attacks Raise Fears of a Renewed Onslaught Read more »

Guinea: Prominent Critic of Guinean Junta Abducted, Tortured

Impartial Investigation Needed into Abuses Against Mohamed Traoré Read more »

Mozambique: Armed Group's Child Abductions Surge in North

Protect, Reintegrate Children at Risk in Cabo Delgado Province Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda - Opposition Leader Arrested

Joins Colleagues Held for 3-Years Read more »

Sudan: Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur

Thousands Killed, Half Million Remain Displaced Read more »

Uganda: Uganda - Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor

Meager Government Aid Leaves Children Working Long Hours for Little Pay Read more »

Cameroon: Transgender Women Given Five-Years in Prison

Release Trans Women, End Anti-LGBT Persecution Read more »

Cameroon: Wave of Arrests, Abuse Against LGBT People - Human Rights Watch

Repeal Law, Protect LGBT Rights Read more »

Uganda: How 'Sex Testing', Operation Affected Annet Negesa's Running Career

Annet Negesa, a middle-distance runner from Uganda, does not know when she first caught the attention of athletics officials, but the testing began in 2011. Read more »

Uganda: Street Children Rounded up in Kampala

"They took us at night, so we didn't know where we were being taken," 11-year-old Jonathan (not his real name) told me. Read more »

Mozambique: Jailed Mozambican Journalists Get Bail After 3 Months

Today, a judge in Mozambique's Pemba city court ruled that journalists Amade Abubacar and Germano Daniel Adriano be released on bail, three months after their arrest on groundless… Read more »

Kenya: Both Elections Marred by Human Rights Abuses - Report

On August 8, Kenya's electoral commission declared incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta winner for a second term, amid opposition and civil society claims of fraud. The elections… Read more »

Equatorial Guinea: How Equatorial Guinea Turned Corruption Into an Art Form

For the past two decades, Equatorial Guinea has been one of Africa's largest oil producers and on paper, it is a middle-income economy. Yet instead of spending the country's oil… Read more »

Eritrea: Mining Companies Warned Against Using Forced Labour

International mining firms rushing to invest in Eritrea's burgeoning minerals sector risk involvement in serious abuses unless they take strong preventive measures. The failure of… Read more »

Ethiopia: Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship

The Ethiopian government under its "villagization" program is forcibly relocating approximately 70,000 indigenous people from the western Gambella region to new villages that lack… Read more »

Libya: Secret Intelligence Documents Discovered

Human Rights Watch discovered in Tripoli tens of thousands of archived documents containing evidence of crimes - such as the US and UK governments' complicity in torture -… Read more »

Ethiopia: Crackdown in East Punishes Civilians

The Ethiopian military has forcibly displaced thousands of civilians in the country's eastern Somali region in recent weeks while escalating its campaign against a separatist… Read more »

Liberia: Ex-President Charles Taylor Goes on Trial

The trial beginning June 4 of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes committed during Sierra Leone's 11-year brutal armed conflict sends a strong signal that… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Questions and Answers on Charles Taylor's Trial Before the Special Court for Sierra Leone

1. Who is Charles Taylor? Read more »