Rights

Tunisia electoral board threatens media rights, rights groups say

Tunis – Tunisian rights groups on Tuesday accused the electoral authority of “threatening” press freedom, after it sued bloggers... Read more

28 Dec, 2022

Lusaka – Zambian rights activists Saturday hailed as a “huge milestone” a decision to scrap two British colonial-era laws:... Read more

25 Dec, 2022

Nairobi – Ethiopia’s allies in the Tigray war have unleashed a campaign of looting, rape and expulsions, residents and... Read more

23 Dec, 2022

Madrid – Lawmakers vote on Thursday on a transgender rights bill that allows anyone 16 and over to change... Read more

22 Dec, 2022

Kinshasa – France has condemned Rwanda’s alleged support for M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),... Read more

21 Dec, 2022

Tripoli – Amnesty International accused on Monday an eastern Libyan armed group of committing war crimes and serious abuses... Read more

20 Dec, 2022

Kairouan – A Tunisian man appeared in court on Monday in the latest hearing in a long-running case that... Read more

20 Dec, 2022

Algiers – An Algerian activist who had refugee status in Tunisia but was mysteriously returned to face trial in... Read more

18 Dec, 2022

Kano – A Nigerian Islamic Sharia court has sentenced a prominent Sufi Muslim cleric to death for blasphemy against... Read more

16 Dec, 2022

Malabo – Human rights activist Joaquin Elo Ayeto told AFP on Monday that Equatorial Guinea had released him after... Read more

13 Dec, 2022