Gambian Lawmakers Back Maintaining FGM Ban Amid Decriminalization Debate
Gambian lawmakers have endorsed recommendations to uphold the country’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), setting the stage for a crucial vote later this month. […]
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Nigerian Army Accused of Unlawfully Detaining Girls Escaping Boko Haram Captivity
A recent report by a human rights organization has accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from Boko […]
Zimbabwe: opposition MP kidnapped, tortured, found naked
A Zimbabwean opposition MP was abducted on Wednesday November 1st morning, tortured and then left naked along a roadside, his party said, amid sustained tensions […]
Torture: Spanish justice summons three Equatoguinean officials
The Spanish justice system has summoned a son of the Equatorial Guinean president, as well as two other security officials of this country, to answer […]
C24: Algeria exposed for Human Rights violations, kidnapping, Tortures of Sequestered Populations in Tindouf Camps
The ambassador, permanent representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale, said, Monday in New York, that Algeria kidnaps and tortures the sequestered populations of […]
Former President Alpha Conde allowed to leave Guinea once again
Guinea’s ruling junta has again authorized former president Alpha Conde, who was overthrown in 2021, to travel abroad for medical reasons, according to a statement […]
Former Guinean President Alpha Conde faces legal action
The Guinean judiciary has taken a new step in the prosecution of former President Alpha Conde by opening a judicial investigation against him and several […]
Former Guinean President Alpha Conde to be prosecuted for “assassinations
Conakry’s public prosecutor, appointed by Guinea’s ruling junta in 2021, announced on Wednesday charges against former President Alpha Conde and some 30 former senior officials […]
Mali: Kalilou Dombia and Colonel Major Kassoum Goïta file suit against junta member Colonel Major Modibo Koné
Lawyers for Kalilou Dombia, former secretary general of the presidency, Colonel Major Kassoum Goïta, former director of state security, and four others arrested in early […]
Cameroon: An association filed a complaint with the Paris court against country’s authorities for torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment
An association filed a complaint with the Paris court on Friday against the Cameroonian authorities and against X for torture and other inhuman and degrading […]