Rights

China use of psychiatric hospitals to punish activists ‘widespread’, report shows

Madrid – China’s use of psychiatric hospitals to imprison activists without due process remains routine, a rights group has... Read more

17 Aug, 2022

Libreville – Troops in Cameroon’s Northwest Region have “summarily killed” at least 10 people in a crackdown against anglophone... Read more

12 Aug, 2022

Nairobi – The Ugandan government has suspended the country’s leading gay rights organisation, accusing it of operating illegally in... Read more

7 Aug, 2022

Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s intelligence service freed journalist Joseph Kazadi after 22 days in detention on... Read more

5 Aug, 2022

Doha – Al Jazeera on Monday said the health of their journalist Rabie el-Sheikh was declining after a year... Read more

2 Aug, 2022

Dakar – Every time Abdou’s mother hears of a homophobic attack in the streets of Senegal’s capital Dakar, she... Read more

31 Jul, 2022

Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned eight people sentenced to prison, including a journalist and a... Read more

30 Jul, 2022

Cairo – An Egyptian judge Monday ordered the release of a human rights lawyer held in preventive detention for... Read more

26 Jul, 2022

Kinshasa – Dozens of rights groups have urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to release a Congolese journalist detained... Read more

23 Jul, 2022

Nairobi – A Kenyan court on Friday found three police officers and an informer guilty of murdering a human... Read more

23 Jul, 2022