Rights

At 81, South Africa’s fearless rights defender Navi Pillay fights on

Johannesburg – At the height of apartheid, young South African lawyer Navi Pillay made history by securing better conditions... Read more

15 Feb, 2023

Algiers – Algerian authorities have arrested the mother and sister of wanted activist Amira Bouraoui days after she left... Read more

13 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said on Thursday that allegations of rights abuses by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s... Read more

10 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – Human Rights Watch called on Thursday for targeted sanctions against Eritrea, accusing its government of rounding up... Read more

10 Feb, 2023

Lusaka – Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has commuted 390 death sentences to life imprisonment, six weeks after he abolished... Read more

9 Feb, 2023

Kampala – Uganda said on Wednesday it would not renew its mandate for the UN’s rights office, a move... Read more

9 Feb, 2023

Yamoussoukro – Germany’s former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday received a prestigious UN award for opening her country to... Read more

9 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – A Kenyan man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the murder of a prominent LGBTQ campaigner whose... Read more

9 Feb, 2023

Mogadishu – Heavy fighting in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland continued into a second day on Tuesday, leaving at... Read more

8 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – Three Kenyan police officers were Friday served sentences ranging from 24 years in jail to the death... Read more

4 Feb, 2023