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A recent surge in attacks by the Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel) has left more than 127 civilians dead in Niger’s Tillabéri region, according to a latest report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The watchdog group described the killings — carried out in at least five separate incidents since March — as […]
At least 120 children have been abducted in recent days by Islamist insurgents in Mozambique’s northern oil-rich Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported, adding that they were reportedly being forced into labor, used to transport looted goods, and in some cases turned into child soldiers or forced into marriage. The kidnappings mark […]
Burundi’s ruling party, CNDD-FDD, has claimed all 100 contested seats in the 5 June parliamentary election, prompting outcry from opposition groups and rights organizations who allege systematic electoral fraud and political repression. According to official results, CNDD-FDD secured 96.5% of the vote, with no other party surpassing the 2% threshold required for parliamentary representation. Opposition […]
Human Rights Watch has called on the European Union to break its silence and publicly condemn the deteriorating human rights situation in Tunisia. The EU member states should stop pretending they can satisfy their immediate interests by cozying up with an increasingly repressive leadership in Tunis, said HRW in its latest press release. The Tunisian […]
Human Rights Watch has denounced the harsh and unfair sentences issued lately by a Tunisian court against political opponents of the authoritarian regime of Kais Saeid. Prison sentences of up to 66 years were handed down to 37 politicians, businessmen, and lawyers in politically-motivated sham trials, said HRW, decrying quash unfair proceedings. The Tunis Court […]
In a report released on Wednesday, April 16, Human Rights Watch has alleged that politically motivated arrests and prosecutions have been increasingly utilized in Tunisia to suppress dissent and intimidate critics of the current Administration. Freedoms that had been hard-won during the 2011 revolution are reported to have been severely curtailed, with lawyers, judges, journalists, […]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling for an investigation into a brutal massacre in Burkina Faso, where dozens of civilians were reportedly killed by government-aligned militias. The attack occurred in the western city of Solenzo, with video footage circulating on social media showing bodies of ethnic Fulani civilians, including women, children and elderly, bound and […]
Human Rights Watch has denounced in its 2025 report the escalating repression of critical voices in Tunisia of Kais Saied, saying the authorities undermined the integrity of the October presidential election and carried out politically motivated arrests & arbitrary detentions of prospective challengers before the vote. “It is clear that Tunisian authorities deployed all their […]
The latest World Report 2025 of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) warns that governments across Africa continue to crack down and wrongly arrest political opponents, critics, activists and journalists. The annual HRW’s World Report, released this week, reviewed human rights records of more than 100 countries, including 25 in Africa. The conflicts in Sudan, Ethiopia, […]
Human Rights Watch has called on Tunisian authorities to end urgently politically-motivated prosecutions and to allow for free and fair elections during the upcoming presidential vote set for Oct.06, 2024. In a press release issued Tuesday, the NGO said as the country is gearing up for a presidential election, the authorities increased repression of dissent […]