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Visiting Human Rights Watch Head Presses Senior Officials to Change Course The Human Rights Watch executive director, Philippe Bolopion, urged senior Congolese officials to respect freedom of expression, end arbitrary arrests and detentions, and ensure accountability for abuses during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo from May 17 to 21, ....
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Try an Applied Theater Technique It is a hot afternoon in a rural district in Malawi. People gather around a tent set up at the Local Trading Center, eager to witness a community outreach program that aims to combat rising violence against people with albinism. The organizers passionately encourage greater understanding of albinism and the […]
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Maturin Kombo’s Death Highlights Continued Need for Justice Earlier this week the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic (CAR) announced that Maturin Kombo, who was in the court’s custody charged with crimes committed in 2014, died in hospital in Bangui. Twelve years ago, as CAR was in the throes of a civil war, I arrived in […]
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Growing Global Concern Over Mohamed Bazoum’s Wrongful Detention Over two-and-a-half years after Niger’s military coup, the country’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum, and his wife remain detained without legal basis. On March 11, the European Parliament unanimously adopted an urgent resolution condemning their arbitrary detention, as well as that of “other individuals detained in the coup,” and calling for […]
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At Least 38 Civilians Killed; Women Abducted; Property Burned An Islamist armed group has killed at least 38 civilians, abducted 9 women, and burned property in 3 separate incidents in northeastern Burkina Faso since late January 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. The atrocities by the Al Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims […]
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Protect Civilians, Deter Atrocities, Advance Justice On February 26, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway announced the formation of a coalition to prevent atrocities and promote justice in Sudan. As atrocities continue unabated the coalition has its work cut out. The announcement—by the countries that make up Sudan Core Group at the Human […]
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Investigate Attacks, Protect Freedoms of Expression, Assembly Authorities in Zimbabwe have intensified their crackdown against critics of an effort by the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party to push forward a constitutional amendment to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term of office, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed amendment has attracted considerable opposition […]
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