Egypt orders release of jailed activist Zyad el-Elaimy
Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned a former parliamentarian, lawyer and key activist from the 2011... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Leading Zimbabwe lawyer arrested in court
Harare – A leading Zimbabwe human rights lawyer who has defended high-profile cases, was arrested in court on Friday... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
DRC army backed notorious Hutu rebel group: HRW
Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army backed a notorious Rwandan Hutu rebel group in recent clashes with... Read more
19 Oct, 2022
Egypt military court cuts sentence of security expert
Cairo – An Egyptian military court on Monday reduced the sentence of security expert Ismail Alexandrani, whose incarceration since... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Kenya disbands ‘killer’ police unit
Nairobi – Kenya’s new president, William Ruto, said he had dissolved a police unit accused of extrajudicial killings, in a... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Equatorial Guinea detains human rights campaigner: lawyer, wife
Malabo – Equatorial Guinea has held a human rights campaigner in detention for 18 days after he assisted opposition... Read more
15 Oct, 2022
Moroccan dissident Monjib on new hunger strike over travel ban
Rabat – Moroccan historian and rights activist Maati Monjib said on Wednesday he was again going on hunger strike... Read more
13 Oct, 2022
UN calls detention of Moroccan journalist ‘arbitrary’
Rabat – United Nations rights experts have concluded that Morocco’s detention of opposition journalist Soulaimane Raissouni is “arbitrary”, and... Read more
12 Oct, 2022
Saudi Arabia jails 10 Egyptians for gathering, relatives say
Dubai – A Saudi judge on Monday sentenced 10 Egyptian men for up to 18 years for having tried... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
Guinea massacre trial puts ex-strongman Camara in custody
Conakry – A Guinean court trying suspects in a 2009 massacre on Monday threw out a bid by former... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
