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Separatist Leaders Should Rein in Fighters; Cameroon’s Partners Should Impose Sanctions (Nairobi) – Separatist fighters publicly executed two unarmed men in Guzang, Cameroon’s North-West region, on October 4, 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. The execution, which was filmed, corroborates previous accounts of killings by armed separatist groups, some of them also captured on video. “Separatist […]
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Cuba, Burundi Also Fail to Meet Human Rights Council Membership Standards (New York) – United Nations member countries should deny Russia and China seats on the UN Human Rights Council in voting at the UN General Assembly on October 10, 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities in both countries have been responsible for numerous […]
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No Action Following Scathing Report Highlighting UN’s Prevention Role (Geneva) – The European Union and its members have backtracked on their support for continued international scrutiny of the human rights situation in Ethiopia at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Watch said today. Countries had until October 4, 2023, to propose […]
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European Union Should Lead Action to Preserve International Scrutiny of Rights Crisis Last week, an independent United Nations inquiry into serious violations committed since the outbreak of armed conflict in northern Ethiopia released a report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Its findings are chilling. The report, by the International Commission of Human […]
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Foreigners Scapegoated for Country’s Problem South Africa has been grappling with sporadic and sometimes lethal xenophobic harassment and violence against African and Asian foreign nationals living in the country, including refugees, asylum seekers, and both documented and undocumented migrants. On Monday last week, BBC Africa Eye released a documentary, Fear and Loathing in South Africa, […]
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Stanis Bujakera Spends Third Week in Detention on Dubious Charges A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo denied provisional release to journalist Stanis Bujakera on Monday, ignoring international bail standards and a global outcry over his continued detention at Kinshasa’s Makala prison. Bujakera’s case highlights the government’s increasing repression of the media less than […]
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HRW Oral Statement – ID with the Special Rapporteur on Burundi – HRC54 Photo: The seat of Burundi delegation is pictured before a special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Burundi in Geneva, Switzerland, December 17, 2015. © 2015 Reuters Mr. President, We share the Special Rapporteur’s concerns over the continued […]
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