Global Solidarity Needed to Ensure Equitable Access to Treatments, Prevent Further Spread On August 14, following the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s (Africa… Read More »A Rights-Based Global Response to Mpox Emergency in Africa
Uphold Rights to Free Expression, Opinion; Don’t Abuse Martial Law Two human rights defenders who held a news conference to criticize the Democratic Republic of… Read More »DR Congo: 2 Who Criticized ‘State of Siege’ Arrested
Revoke Unlawful Orders; Comply with Court Rulings Burkina Faso‘s military authorities are misusing an emergency law to unlawfully conscript magistrates – prosecutors and judges –… Read More »Burkina Faso: Conscription Used to Punish Prosecutors, Judges
Uphold Rights to Freedom of Association, Expression, and Assembly On August 13, Eswatini’s Supreme Court overturned a 2016 High Court decision that declared several repressive provisions of… Read More »Eswatini Supreme Court Rubber Stamps Repression
20 Years After Attack on Gatumba Refugee Camp, Victims File Criminal Cases Survivors and relatives of victims of a 2004 attack on the Gatumba refugee… Read More »Renewed Hope for Justice for Burundi Massacre
Conservation efforts can sometimes displace entire communities and upend livelihoods and ways of life, without ever consulting the women impacted. Some community consultation efforts only,… Read More »Community Consultations Must Also Include Women — Not Just Men
Respect Rights of Opposition; Release Those Wrongfully Detained Over the past week, Tanzanian police have arbitrarily arrested 375 members and supporters of the country’s main opposition… Read More »Tanzanian Arrests Bad Omen for Upcoming Elections
Confirm Steve Akam’s Detention and Location, Release Him In a video circulated on social media on July 21, Steve Akam, alias Ramon Cotta, a Cameroonian social… Read More »Cameroonian Social Media Activist Feared Forcibly Disappeared
Accountability Needed for Death, Torture, Inhumane Treatment, Forced Labor Chad’s military is responsible for the deaths in custody of several detainees en route to and… Read More »Chad: Abuse, Deaths at Koro Toro Prison
International Role Needed for Credible Investigation of Batte Urgessa’s Murder Ethiopian security forces are detaining the brother of, and at least 11 other people linked… Read More »Ethiopia: Free Brother of Slain Opposition Politician