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Tag: human rights abuses
DRC: massive expansion in cobalt, copper mining leads to human rights abuses — AI report
The expansion of industrial-scale mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that extract cobalt and copper to be used in rechargeable batteries has ... Read More
Africa should do more to monitor, respond to human rights abuses — rights group
African nations need to do more to address the widespread displacement, killings and other abuses that have come about from the continent’s many conflicts, according ... Read More
UNHRC: Algiers accountable for repression, torture & abduction in Tindouf Camps
The systematic human rights violations committed against the Sahrawi population in the Tindouf camps, southern in Algeria, have been exposed at the 46th session of ... Read More
Algeria: European Parliament denounces human rights abuses, calls for the emergence of civilian-ruled Algeria
The European Parliament adopted this Thursday by an overwhelming majority an emergency resolution whereby it denounces the violations of human rights in Algeria and the ... Read More
European Parliament examines human rights abuses in Algeria
After several human rights watchdogs denounced the recurrent violations of human rights and harassment of activists and journalists in Algeria, the European Parliament is set ... Read More
Morocco: Additional Victims of Human Rights Abuses between 1956 and 1999 to Receive Compensations
Morocco’s National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) has decided to grant compensations to dozens of people, including civilian victims abducted by the Polisario. According to ... Read More
Militants Call for International Investigation on Human Rights Violations in Tindouf
Several civil society representatives called, on Monday in Rabat, for the opening of an immediate international investigation on the human rights violations committed by the ... Read More
AI Lambasts Algeria for “Hostility” to Refugees & Migrants
Amnesty International has rebuked Algeria over its deplorable human rights record smeared by continuing discrimination against refugees and migrants. In its annual report, the international ... Read More
International: Lawmakers seek to polish London’s reputation as safe haven for dictators’ money
British lawmakers are mulling over provisions of Criminal Finances Bill 2016 to freeze assets of world human rights abusers and dictators who hide their money ... Read More