Facebook whistleblower boosts EU push for new tech laws
Brussels – Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Monday said the EU could set the global “gold standard” on curbing... Read more
9 Nov, 2021
Film festival offers Tunisian inmates rare escape
Tunis – For the first time, three prison inmates in Tunisia were allowed a brief taste of freedom for the... Read more
8 Nov, 2021
UN agency evacuates 172 Nigeriens from troubled Libya
Niamey – The UN Refugee Agency said on Friday it had evacuated 172 Nigerien asylum-seekers from Libya, in the first... Read more
6 Nov, 2021
Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan jailed over Covid reports ‘close to death’
Beijing – A citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of China’s initial response to Covid in Wuhan is close to... Read more
5 Nov, 2021
HRW calls for probe into Eswatini protest deaths
Johannesburg – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for an independent probe into the deadly crackdown on protests that... Read more
2 Nov, 2021
Zimbabwe sanctions should go as they only worsen crisis, UN expert says
Harare – Sanctions against Zimbabwean politicians and institutions should be scrapped because they worsen pre-existing social and economic woes in... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
Still no justice for survivors from Nigeria crackdown, says rights body
Abuja – One year after Nigerian security forces violently suppressed protests in Lagos, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
‘De-radicalisation’ offers Moroccan prisoners route to freedom
Rabat – Saleh has been languishing in Moroccan jails for 19 years on terrorism charges, but he hopes to... Read more
18 Oct, 2021
Sierra Leone abolishes ‘inhumane’ death penalty
Freetown – Sierra Leone’s president on Friday signed a bill abolishing the death penalty, declaring the West African country... Read more
9 Oct, 2021
Egypt postpones trial of rights activist Hossam Bahgat over elections tweet
Cairo – The trial in Egypt of Hossam Bahgat, one of the country’s most prominent human rights advocates, for a... Read more
8 Sep, 2021
