‘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...
Category : Human rights
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...
China’s panda promise to Adelaide put in black and white as human rights protesters bear witness
Wang Wang and Fu Ni have lived at the city’s zoo for 15 years but are due to head home by the end of 2024...
Labor urged to put China’s human rights record before trade and demand concrete action
Anthony Albanese should seek commitments for tangible measures in his talks with Li Qiang, campaigners say Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app...
Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’
Stephen Kwikiriza is one of 11 campaigners against EACOP targeted by authorities in past two weeks, rights group says A man campaigning against the controversial...
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda admission sparks legal action from detained asylum seekers
Migrants seek redress for ‘immense distress’ from deportations now thrown into chaos by election announcement Asylum seekers detained by the Home Office and threatened with...
Hong Kong police arrest six people under new security law
Chow Hang-tung, a prominent barrister, among those held over social media posts before Tiananmen Square anniversary Hong Kong police have arrested six people, marking the...
