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Tag: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch alerts to Tunisia’s authoritarian drift under President Saied
With thousands jailed for expressing dissent, destroyed checks and balances and an undermined civil society, Tunisia has backpedaled to autocracy following a crackdown on civil ... Read More
DR Congo goes to polls amid concerns about transparency and ‘hate speech’
As millions of Congolese citizens Wednesday (20 December) head to polling stations to cast their vote one of the most anticipated elections of 2023, the ... Read More
Tunisian political party calls on State to reintroduce visa requirement to Sub-Saharan migrants
Centre-right political party Afek Tounes, called on Tunisian authorities to re-impose visa requirements to Sub-Saharan migrants as part of measures to stem arrival of flows ... Read More
Sudan: protester killed as tens of thousands rally against military junta on coup anniversary
One protester was reportedly killed during demonstrations that were held in cities across Sudan Tuesday (25 October) to mark one year of military rule after ... Read More
Curfew declared in Chadian towns after least 60 people killed in protests
A nighttime curfew has been declared in four Chadian cities after the military violently repressed banned protests took place on Thursday (20 October), killing at ... Read More
English-speaking Cameroon: 22 villagers including children, women killed – UN
At least twenty two people, including 14 children and women were killed Friday in the village of Ntumbo, populated by the English-speaking minority in northwest ... Read More
Cameroon: Over a hundred abductions by armed separatists before elections (HRW)
At least a hundred individuals were abducted by armed separatists in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon before the legislative and municipal elections of Feb.9, revealed ... Read More
Int’l Rights Watchdogs Slam Algeria for Discriminating against Amazigh Minority
Human Rights Watch, EuroMed Rights, Amnesty International, and Front Line Defenders have condemned in the strongest terms Algeria’s discrimination against the Amazigh (Berber) minority and ... Read More
Sisi’s Regime Under Fire for Summary Executions in Sinai
Several rights groups called on the US government to suspend military aid to the Sisi’s regime in Egypt after a video circulated online showed Egyptian ... Read More
Algeria Slammed for State Racism against Sub-Saharans
Amnesty International urged Algeria to adopt a law on asylum and fight against the prevailing racism against Sub-Saharans, after several Algerian officials uttered racist statements ... Read More