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Tag: Amnesty International
US tech giant Meta faces legal challenges in Ethiopia and Kenya
US tech giant Meta has faced mounting legal troubles in East Africa, including in Ethiopia where its subsidiary Facebook has been accused of contributing to ... Read More
COP28: African leaders to make their unified voice heard at UN climate summit
After a year of record temperatures, deadly floods and devastating wildfires, not least in Africa, the annual UN summit — the COP28 climate conference — ... Read More
Amnesty International deplores Algeria’s and Tunisia’s failure to protect refugee rights
Amnesty International has reiterated its call for the release of an Algerian refugee who was kidnapped from Tunis and indicted in Algiers on bogus charges, ... Read More
Eritrean troops accused of ‘war crimes’ in Tigray after peace deal — Amnesty’s report
Eritrean soldiers, allied with Ethiopia’s government, committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity despite the signing of an agreement to end hostilities, when they ... Read More
“Glimmer of hope” in Africa as recorded executions soar to highest level in years
Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, according to an Amnesty International annual report published on Tuesday (16 May), which also ... Read More
Amnesty International denounces escalating crackdown on critical voices in Algeria
Amnesty International has denounced the “extreme measures” used by the Algerian authorities to silence critical voices, calling for the release of all wrongfully detained journalists, ... Read More
Tigray rebels begin handing in heavy weapons to Ethiopian army
Rebels in the Tigray region have begun handing in their heavy weapons, a key part of an agreement signed in November last year to end ... Read More
Uganda court removes part of controversial law used to silence government critics
Constitutional Court in Uganda on Tuesday removed a key part of a controversial communications law, which rights groups charged has been used to prosecute government ... Read More
Equatorial Guinea launches purge against illegal migrants “ahead of November 20 elections”
Equatorial Guinea authorities have launched a nationwide campaign to expel illegal migrants ahead of November 20 general elections, Anadolu news agency has learned. “In accordance ... Read More
Amnesty International, HRW in the way of losing any sense of ethics and credibility
Like Human Rights Watch's latest controversial report on Morocco, Amnesty International's Friday report on the war in Ukraine is the target of strong international criticism, ... Read More