Special Criminal Court Arrests Former Armed Group Leader The Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic has announced that on June 16, 2024, it… Read More »Central African Republic: Step Toward Accountability
Council Should Extend Mandate for Special Rapporteur “Patterns of gross human rights violations, including the widespread use of arbitrary and incommunicado detention and enforced disappearance… Read More »UN Should Ensure Continued Scrutiny of Rights Crisis in Eritrea
Release Detained Journalist, Allow Free Speech, Peaceful Protests Last week, authorities in Jonglei state detained a photojournalist with the state-run South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation for participating in protests about… Read More »South Sudan’s Authorities Show Their Aversion to Criticism Yet Again
Respect Right to Protest; Investigate Apparent use of Excessive Force Kenyan security forces shot directly into crowds of protesters on June 25, 2024, including protesters… Read More »Kenya: Witnesses Describe Police Killing Protesters
Last week, Sierra Leone’s parliament enacted landmark legislation to ban child marriage. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2024, which makes marriage for anyone under 18… Read More »Sierra Leone Acts to Ban Child Marriage
New Report Shows Fewer Attacks, but Increasing Military Use of Schools The good news is that during 2022 and 2023, attacks on schools in Mozambique… Read More »Conflict in Northern Mozambique Puts Education at Risk
Authorities Need to Investigate, Prosecute Grave Crimes Committed by All Sides The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) announcement of an arrest warrant for the leader of an… Read More »Mali: ICC Unseals Arrest Warrant for Armed Group Leader
A Major Step for Equality, Nondiscrimination, and Inclusion in Africa The Namibian High Court has declared the common law offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual… Read More »Namibia Court Decriminalizes Consensual Same-Sex Conduct
Release, Drop Charges Against 11 People Wrongfully Arrested Mali’s military junta arrested 11 opposition figures last week in the authorities’ latest assault on the political… Read More »Mali’s Junta Renews Assault on Political Opposition
The EU’s response needs to echo the speed with which disaster is occurring on the ground. Residents of El Fasher and other civilians throughout Sudan… Read More »EU should shift gears in the face of atrocities in Sudan