EU fears for its human rights credibility as Tunisia crushes dissent, leak shows
Document detailing ‘deterioration’ under Kais Saied will fuel concerns about bloc’s migration deal with his country The EU fears its credibility is at stake as...
Category : Human rights
Sudanese rebels appear to be posting self-incriminating videos of torture and arson on social media
Footage that seems to show fighters glorifying abuse of prisoners with ‘little fear of consequences’ could be used in war crimes prosecutions Footage of rebel...
Peacekeepers needed to end ‘harrowing’ abuses in Sudan, say UN experts
Government and paramilitary forces responsible for rape, violence and torture, according to civilian interviews Peacekeepers should be deployed to Sudan immediately and an existing international...
Algeria election to take place amid ‘steady erosion of human rights’
Abdelmadjid Tebboune set for second term as president after changed poll date is expected to favour him Algeria goes to the polls on Saturday in...
Global health charities warn of ‘huge and terrible’ threat to abortion rights if Trump returns
‘Global gag rule’ and funding cuts will be ‘on different scale’ if Republicans win again, family-planning providers say Providers of women’s healthcare around the world...
‘Enforced disappearances’ send a chill through Kenya’s protests
Dozens are reported as having gone missing since demonstrations began, and some have turned up dead One mid-morning in June, Emmanuel Kamau prepared to leave...
Guinea court finds former dictator guilty in stadium massacre trial
Moussa Dadis Camara convicted of crimes against humanity after ordering 2009 crackdown on unarmed protesters A court in Guinea has found the former dictator Moussa...
Somalia arrests another journalist as press clampdown intensifies
Detention of reporters for covering sensitive news is having a ‘chilling’ effect on free media in Somalia, say rights groups The arrest of a journalist...
Thousands of children swept up in El Salvador mass arrests, rights body says
Human Rights Watch says ill-treatment of some minors arbitrarily held in gang crackdown amounts to torture About 3,000 children – including some as young as...
EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’
Egypt forcibly returned 800 Sudanese detainees in first three months of this year, Amnesty International reports The Egyptian authorities have used EU-funded security forces in...
