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Uganda, Nigeria anti-gay crackdown denounced by LGBT-rights groups

August 30, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

A 20-year-old Ugandan man has been charged with “aggravated homosexuality”, an offense punishable by death, and at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding have […]

Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories accused Morocco of using Pegasus without priding evidence to support their claims, New Report

February 20, 2023 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Spyware and malware researcher Jonathan Scott has published a new detailed report, debunking allegations and claims targeting Morocco on its alleged use of Pegasus spyware. […]

Two months in prison for Somali journalist accused of threatening national security

February 14, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

A Somali court on Monday sentenced a freelance journalist to two months in prison on charges of threatening national security, according to a media association, […]

Nigeria: “The First Lady withdrew her complaint” against a student

December 5, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

The National Association of Nigerian Students had called for nationwide protests starting Dec 5. The wife of the Nigerian president has withdrawn her defamation complaint […]

Human rights NGOs criticized for controversial reports

August 6, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch have been finger-pointed lately for their partial and often subjective reports. The latest such reports was issued by […]

Amnesty International warns of “rights violations” in Togo and Benin

July 28, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

In the struggle against armed groups responsible for deadly attacks in the north of the two countries, security forces in Benin and Togo violated human […]

Zambian court declares illegal the closure of leading independent newspaper The Post

February 22, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

Zambian courts declared illegal the 2016 closure of the country’s main independent newspaper, the Post, under the repressive regime of former President Edgar Lungu. The […]

Biafra: Nigerian army accused of massacring 115 people in Southeast

August 6, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

Amnesty International has accused Nigerian security forces of killing at least 115 people between March and June this year, in a crackdown on a secessionist […]

Zambia: President Lungu deploys army in the country before the coming elections

August 2, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

With less than two weeks to go before the August 12 presidential and legislative elections, Edgar Lungu announced on Sunday that he was using the […]

Amnesty International accused of racial discrimination by its own employees – Report

April 21, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Amnesty International (AI) has a culture of white privilege with incidents of overt racism, according to an internal review into its secretariat. British newspaper The […]

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