Rights

Tunisia freedoms at risk after protest crackdown, rights groups say

Tunis – Freedoms are imperilled in Tunisia after the violent suppression of protests against President Kais Saied last week, rights... Read more

19 Jan, 2022

Brazzaville – The families of six youths found dead in police custody in Congo-Brazzaville in 2021 are suing the state... Read more

14 Jan, 2022

Rabat – Morocco saw an “unprecedented regression” in freedom of expression and the press in 2021, the kingdom’s most prominent... Read more

14 Jan, 2022

Cairo – A video of an Egyptian mother-of-three dancing that went viral online prompting her husband to divorce her... Read more

13 Jan, 2022

Rabat – A Moroccan court on Wednesday sentenced a university lecturer to two years in jail over accusations he... Read more

13 Jan, 2022

Kampala – A court in Uganda on Tuesday charged a prominent author and government critic with “disturbing” the country’s veteran... Read more

11 Jan, 2022

Casablanca – A Moroccan journalist sentenced to five years in prison for indecent assault in a controversial case proclaimed his... Read more

11 Jan, 2022

Beijing – The wife of a repeatedly detained Chinese human rights lawyer died of cancer on Monday in the United... Read more

11 Jan, 2022

Algiers – An Algiers court on Sunday sentenced an opposition figure to two years behind bars on charges including insulting... Read more

10 Jan, 2022

Cairo – Egyptian authorities have released Coptic rights activist Ramy Kamel after more than two years spent in pre-trial detention,... Read more

9 Jan, 2022