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‘Crime against humanity’: forcibly exiled Chagos islanders must get full reparations by UK, US — HRW

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The United Kingdom and United States committed crimes against humanity when they forced the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to leave their homes five decades ago to make way for a US Navy base, Human Rights Watch (HRW) charged Wednesday (15 February), and called on the two governments to let the […]
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Africa should do more to monitor, respond to human rights abuses — rights group

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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 to a new report published this week by Human Rights Watch. The report that summarizes human rights trends in 23 African countries has found that in many countries on the […]
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Algeria: HRW Denounces Lack of Freedom of Speech, Assembly & Association

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Human Rights Watch has denounced the systematic violations of freedom of speech, assembly & association despite constitutional amendments guaranteeing these rights. Algerian authorities continued to resort in 2017 to criminal prosecutions for peaceful speech. They have also continued to ban demonstrations in Algiers, says HRW in its report 2018. The document says Algerian authorities routinely […]