Immediately Locate Idrissa Barry; Ensure Due Process On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes… Read More »Prominent Burkina Faso Activist Feared Forcibly Disappeared
Mauritius: Set Rights Agenda for New Government (Johannesburg) – Mauritius’ Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam should prioritize human rights in all policy decisions, both domestically and… Read More »Mauritius: Set Rights Agenda for New Government
Police Threatened and Barred Volunteers from the Site (Nairobi) – Kenyan authorities should conclude and publicly announce the outcome of their investigation into the discovery… Read More »Kenya: Release Inquiry on Bodies Found in Quarry
Investigate Extensive Video Footage of Dozens Killed in Solenzo (Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks… Read More »Burkina Faso: Government-Allied Militias Linked to Massacre
Ensure Accountability; Adopt Effective Reforms for Policing Protests (Johannesburg) – Mozambique police fired on a peaceful opposition parade on March 5, 2025, injuring at least 16… Read More »Mozambique: Police Fire on Opposition Parade
Enhance Whistleblower Protection, Table Legislation On March 7, Pamela Mabini, a community activist and whistleblower was shot and killed outside her home in Kwazakhele, Gqeberha, in South… Read More »Activist and Whistleblower Killed in South Africa
Comprehensive Mine Remediation, End to Hazardous Mining Urgently Needed in Kabwe In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead… Read More »Zambia: Mining in Toxic Lead Waste Poisons Children
A Year After Yaya Dillo Killed by Security Forces, Questions Remain On February 28, 2024, a key Chadian opposition politician, Yaya Dillo, was killed during an assault… Read More »No Clarity Over Chadian Opposition Member’s Death
Communities at Risk as Crisis Deepens An alarming surge of violence in South Sudan’s Nasir County, Upper Nile State, is putting communities at risk and… Read More »South Sudan Army Attacks Displace Thousands in Nasir
US Sanctions Rwandan Ex-Commander, Congolese Rebel Official Until now, the international response to the rapidly escalating crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Rwanda-backed… Read More »Overdue Accountability in Democratic Republic of Congo