Rights abuses Stories

According to HRW, on the evening of August 23, a group of six men, believed to be plain-clothes officers, parked three vehicles at a local police stat...

Discussions examined the current state of socio-economic, political, civil and cultural rights, aiming to identify actionable strategies that place bo...

The 21-page report, released by the US government on Wednesday, claims that "the human rights situation in South Africa significantly worsened during...

The coalition, a key civil society group, provides legal assistance, emergency support, training, and advocacy for human rights defenders, especially...

The civil society groups described these acts as “crimes against humanity and a betrayal of the democratic values our people have long fought for.”

MUHURI expressed concern on prevalent human rights abuses including Gender-Based Violence (GBV), forced disappearances, marginalisation and underdevel...

Besigye was abducted in Nairobi on 16 November 2024. A few days later, he was arraigned in a military court in Uganda. He is a civilian.

Patrick Onyango's trauma was exacerbated by the torture of his fiancée who later took her own life.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the second consecutive Zimbabwean leader to face US sanctions following veteran President Robert Mugabe.