Civilian Casualties, Threat of Atrocities Mount Following Fighting in El Fasher Vicinity After a months-long, uneasy détente between Sudan’s two warring parties, hundreds of thousands… Read More »Civilians at Risk as Large-Scale Fighting Looms in Darfur
Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, Possible War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of… Read More »Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach
Action Undermines Fundamental Freedoms (Nairobi) – Mali’s transitional military government should immediately reverse its suspension of political parties and associations, Human Rights Watch said today.… Read More »Mali: Junta Suspends Political Parties, Associations
Implement Safe Schools Plan to Protect Schools, Children (Abuja) –Ten years after the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigerian authorities have failed to… Read More »Nigeria: 10 Years After Chibok, Schoolchildren Still at Risk
Authorities Should Ensure Freedoms of Association, Assembly, and Expression On Saturday, Zambian police summoned a Catholic priest, Fr. Andrew Chewe Mukosa, for “interviews” at the… Read More »Zambian Police Summon Priest After Critical Sermon
UN Inquiry Urgently Needed; End Impunity for Abusive Commanders Ethiopian armed forces summarily executed scores of civilians in Merawi, a town in the Amhara region… Read More »Ethiopia: Military Executes Dozens in Amhara Region
Amendments Could Weaken Restrictions on Child Marriage, FGM Somalia’s parliament should reject any proposed constitutional amendments that would weaken rights protections for children, Human Rights… Read More »Somalia: Constitutional Proposals Put Children at Risk
Stop Harassment, Ensure Independent Investigation into Maseko’s Killing On March 27, immigration officials at the Ngwenya Border post between South Africa and Eswatini stopped Tanele… Read More »Eswatini Authorities Target Activist’s Widow
Investigations Needed Into Indiscriminate Drone Strikes, Summary Killings Malian armed forces and Wagner Group foreign fighters unlawfully killed and summarily executed several dozen civilians in… Read More »Mali: Army, Wagner Group Atrocities Against Civilians
Authorities Should Quash Stanis Bujakera’s Conviction This week, a court in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, convicted the prominent journalist Stanis Bujakera and sentenced him… Read More »Prominent Congolese Journalist Convicted on Baseless Charges