Junta Provisionally Strips 9 People of Nigerien Nationality On October 10, Niger’s junta leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani, signed a decree provisionally removing Nigerien nationality from nine people… Read More »Niger Counterterrorism Decree Targets Political Opponents
Landmark Trial of Prison Officials Begins to Crack the Wall of Impunity For decades, Rwandan authorities have subjected detainees, in both official and unofficial detention… Read More »Rwanda: Torture, Ill-Treatment in Detention
Government Bans Media Debates On President’s Health Media discussions in Cameroon about the health of its president, Paul Biya, 91, are now outlawed. On October 9,… Read More »Another Troubling Decision For Free Speech in Cameroon
But More Robust Rights Monitoring Needed On October 11, the United Nations Human Rights Council extended the mandate of its team of international experts on the… Read More »UN Extends DR Congo Experts’ Mandate Amid Increasing Abuses
States Should Work Towards Implementation of Mission’s Recommendations This week, member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) from all regions overwhelmingly voted to… Read More »Strong Support for Ongoing Sudan Probe at UN Rights Council
Tackle UAE’s Support to Warring Parties, Support Protection of Civilians Despite 17 months of brutal conflict in Sudan, the country rarely made it to the… Read More »EU Should Up its Game in the Face of Sudan Atrocities
Government Should Cooperate with UN and End Impunity On October 10, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Special… Read More »UN Recognizes Need for Continued Scrutiny of Burundi’s Rights Crisis
Honoring African LGBT Activist Yaa Sissi on International Day of Older Persons Few older Africans participate openly in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)… Read More »Witness: “It Took Me Over 30 Years to Come Out. I Stopped Crying.
Human Rights Watch Ex-Counsel Detained, Expelled; Conference Canceled Police in Chad forced the cancelation of a conference in the capital, N’Djamena, on October 2, 2024, that was… Read More »Chad: Discussion on Justice for Past Crimes Blocked
Expanding Crackdown on Free Expression, Peaceful Assembly Tanzania authorities have arrested leading opposition politicians who had planned to demonstrate in response to a wave of… Read More »Tanzania Authorities Arrest Opposition Politicians