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Tag: human Rights
Lives lost, internet blocked as Zimbabwe protests turn violent
Violent protests in Zimbabwe claimed lives on Monday as soldiers were deployed to quell protests after the government more than doubled fuel prices. At least ... Read More
Egypt: Forced Evictions, Other Reprisals Slap Human Rights Defenders -UN Expert
Two United Nations rights experts have denounced the Egyptian government for its reprisals against human rights defenders who dared to talk to a visiting UN ... Read More
Algerian Activist Gets One Year Sentence for Criticizing Government on Facebook
Amazigh activist Salim Yezza received a one year suspended sentence after he criticized on Facebook the Algerian government’s treatment of minorities. Yezza criticized the authorities’ ... Read More
Council of Europe Commends Morocco’s “Progress” in Human Rights, Rule of Law
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni commended the progress made by Morocco in the areas of human rights, democracy and the ... Read More
Egypt Summons Several Western Ambassadors over “Intervention” in its internal affairs
The Egyptian foreign ministry announced Sunday it summoned the envoys of several Western countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Canada and Britain to protest against ... Read More
UN Lauds Morocco’s Successful Efforts to Eradicate Torture
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour said Morocco made significant progress in eradicating torture and all forms of ill-treatment. The UN official also ... Read More
Egypt’s al-Sisi in Paris amid human rights deterioration
Rights groups have alerted French President Emmanuel Macron over hosting Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi who has rolled back human rights in the North African country ... Read More
Morocco Made ‘Significant Progress’ on Human Rights in 2016- EU Report
Morocco recorded "significant progress" in the field of human rights in conformity with its constitutional commitments, said the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and ... Read More
Mauritania: Dakar bans for second time Biram Dah Abeid-led conference on human rights abuses, racism
Mauritanian activist Biram Dah Abeid Wednesday was forced to abort conference on human rights abuses and racism in his country after receiving instructions from Senegalese ... Read More
Algeria Should Look in Mirror before Criticizing Morocco on Human Rights
Algeria has been asked to look in the mirror before raising the human rights situation in Morocco and its southern provinces, the Sahara. In a ... Read More