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Egypt: Nine Muslim brotherhood members hanged

Egyptian prison authorities Wednesday executed by hanging nine members of the Muslim Brotherhood for their alleged involvement in the car bomb attack that killed the country’s top prosecutor Hisham Barakat in 2015. The nine are part of 28 people arrested and convicted for the car bomb, which hit Barakat’s motorcade in June 2015, in capital […]

Sudan: UN condemns deliberate RSF attacks on civilians in El Fasher, demands accountability

The United Nations has issued a stern condemnation of what it described as “repeated and deliberate” attacks on civilians in El Fasher, North Darfur, allegedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) detailed, in a statement released on Sunday, October 12, a series of […]

Geneva: NGO Decries Abuses Committed by Algerian Regime against Hirak Activists

The International Observatory for Peace, Democracy and Human Rights has denounced the serious human rights violations, repression and abuses committed by Algerian authorities against pro-democracy militants. In a press release issued lately on the occasion of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) convening in Geneva, the NGO said despite the concerns […]