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Zimbabwe revisits its 'ugly past' of violence and intimidation

The interference by the military and other security forces in Zimbabwe's political and electoral affairs - in support of President Robert Mugabe and his political party ZANU-PF – remains a ...

Source: Public Service Europe

Drummed by Sedicka in Drum Human Rights (Zimbabwe) 1 week, 5 days

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Reports: Malian Army, Rebels Guilty of Recent Abuses

New reports say both the Malian army and rebel groups are guilty of recent human rights abuses, including arbitrary detentions, torture and in some cases, killings. In separate reports released ...

Source: VOA

Drummed by Sedicka in Drum Human Rights (Mali) 1 week, 5 days

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Eritrea: '10,000 political prisoners in awful conditions'

Thousands of political prisoners are being held by Eritrea in "unimaginably atrocious conditions", says Amnesty International, and not one has ever been charged with any crime. The rights group says ...

Source: BBC

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Human Rights (Eritrea) 1 month, 1 week

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London Conference on Somalia: Placing Human Rights at the Center of Reform

Throughout Somalia’s armed conflict, successive transitional governments and international actors have overlooked widespread human rights abuses by all parties. The failure to address these abuses and the culture of impunity ...

Source: HRW

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Human Rights (Somalia) 1 month, 1 week

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Eritrean women face threat of abuse even after they leave: report

Eritrean women fleeing their country’s oppressive regime are increasingly finding themselves the repeat victim of abuse, exploitation and violence once outside their homeland, a new report by a women’s rights ...

Source: Sudan Tribune

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Human Rights (Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan) 1 month, 3 weeks

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UN Rapporteur on Eritrea denied access to the country – goes to neighboring countries

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, will carry out an official visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti from 30 April to 9 ...

Source: Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders

Drummed by Mona in Drum Human Rights (Eritrea) 1 month, 3 weeks

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Tributes paid to Somali human rights lawyers killed in al-Shabaab attack

Prof Mohamed Mohamud Afrah, head of the Somali Lawyers Association, and the advocate Abdikarin Hassan Gorod had represented a journalist imprisoned for the "crime" of interviewing an alleged rape victim, ...

Source: The Guardian

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Human Rights (Somalia) 2 months

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Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Adopt Plan of Action

On 21 March 2013 human rights defenders gathered in Yaounde, Cameroon for the first counterparts meeting of the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network PAHRD-Net adopted a plan of action to ...

Source: Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Human Rights 2 months, 2 weeks

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Les filles de Seyoum et l’ambassadeur d’Erythrée en France

The young daughters of Eritrean journalist Seyoum Tsehaye, imprisoned incommunicado in his country since September 2001, went to ask the Eritrean ambassador in Paris for news of their father. But ...

Source: RFI

Drummed by sacre in Drum Human Rights (Eritrea) 2 months, 2 weeks

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Rape in DR Congo: A 'weapon of war'

Why does sexual violence go largely unpunished in the country and should the UN hold the perpetrators accountable? The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been dubbed the rape capital ...

Source: Aljazeera

Drummed by Rachel in Drum Human Rights (DR Congo) 3 months

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