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- Rwanda: Alleged Genocide Mastermind Arrestedby hrwla@hrw.org (HRW) on June 2, 2023 at 1:25 pm
[HRW] Nairobi -- Fulgence Kayishema Caught After Two Decades; Should Face Swift, Fair Trial
- South Africa: Amabhungane Journalists 'Gagged' By Moti Groupby info@groundup.org.za (GroundUp) on June 2, 2023 at 1:08 pm
[GroundUp] An interim interdict against the journalists was granted in chambers without prior notice
- South Africa: Part of Child Protection Is Allowing Children to Be Themselves When It Comes to Genderon June 2, 2023 at 11:35 am
[spotlight] South Africa is observing Child Protection Week from 29 May to 5 June to shine a spotlight on the rights of children as enshrined in the Constitution and the Children's Act. The campaign aims to ensure the rights, safety, and well-being of children - aiming to foster a safer environment. To foster a safe environment, however, children must not only feel physically safe but also emotionally safe. Yet teenagers often do not have a safe space to speak to trusted people about the confusion they face around the
- South Africa: International Children's Day - Caring for Society's Most Vulnerableon June 2, 2023 at 8:01 am
[SAnews.gov.za] In commemoration of International Children's Day, the Department of Social Development encourages all social partners, including parents, caregivers, civil society organisations and South Africans from all walks of life, to protect children against harmful practices.
- Gambia: Is the Country a Step Closer to Moving On With Trials and Reparations?on June 2, 2023 at 7:59 am
[JusticeInfo.net] Banjul -- On May 12, the Gambian president Adama Barrow has issued an implementation plan of the 2021 recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. He has announced a 9-million euro pledge by the European Union. After it stalled, some hope Gambia's transitional justice process can get back on track.
- South Africa: Schools Urged to Play a Role in Reporting Child Abuseon June 2, 2023 at 7:58 am
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Basic Education (DBE) encourages teachers to play a proactive role in identifying and supporting children who raise reasonable suspicion of sexual abuse, as part of fighting gender-based violence (GBV).
- Uganda: EU Lawmakers Condemn Uganda Anti-LGBTQ+ Lawon June 2, 2023 at 7:49 am
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Brussels -- European Parliament President Roberta Metsola condemned Uganda's adoption of an anti-LGBTQ+ law that includes the death penalty for "serial offenders" and "aggravated homosexuality".
- Sudan: Sudan - Concrete UN Security Council Action Neededby hrwla@hrw.org (HRW) on June 2, 2023 at 7:40 am
[HRW] Nairobi -- African Council Members Should Take Leading Role in Ending Abuses
- Tunisia: Subjugating the Courts Is Key to President Kais Saeid's Power Grabby hrwla@hrw.org (HRW) on June 2, 2023 at 7:37 am
[HRW] It's been a year since President Kais Saied of Tunisia fired 57 judges and prosecutors, accusing them of financial and "moral" corruption and obstructing investigations. That day, Saied issued a decree-law empowering the president to fire judges, virtually eliminating any pretense of the separation of powers.
- Kenya: Controversial Sect Pastor Back in Court After Month in Custodyon June 2, 2023 at 7:30 am
[Capital FM] Mombasa -- Controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie implicated in the Shakahola cult forest massacre will be re-arraigned in court today after spending a month in police custody.
- Nigeria: Removal of Fuel Subsidy Must Not Exacerbate Poverty - Amnestyon June 2, 2023 at 5:37 am
[AI London] Responding to Nigeria's looming fuel shortage crisis, caused by removal the removal of a government subsidy, Isa Sanusi, Acting Director for Amnesty International Nigeria, said:
- Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Outlaws Criticism of Government Ahead of Electionson June 2, 2023 at 4:27 am
[DW] The "Patriotic Bill" criminalizes comments that damage "the national interest of Zimbabwe." The move comes just months before the next election.
- Zimbabwe: Very Sad Day Says #ThisFlag Pastor As Patriotic Bill Sails Through Parliamenton June 2, 2023 at 4:26 am
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwean activist and #ThisFlag movement founder Evan Mawarire has condemned the Criminal Law Code Amendment Bill (Patriot Bill) describing it as 'draconian' after it sailed through Parliament, Wednesday.
- Uganda: Uproar After Uganda Enacts Anti-Gay Lawon June 1, 2023 at 2:38 pm
[DW] Human rights activists are seeking a review of Uganda's anti-homosexuality law signed by President Yoweri Museveni. The law, one of the harshest in the world, has already sent members of the LGBTQ community into hiding.
- Zimbabwe: Incarcerated Opposition MP Sikhala's Incitement Trial to Resume On June 12on June 1, 2023 at 2:16 pm
[New Zimbabwe] THE trial in which opposition lawmaker Job Sikhala is accused of inciting public violence in Nyatsime area to avenge Moreblessing Ali's death will continue on June 12.
- Zimbabwe: Human Rights Defenders Appeal for Bail of 4 Zinasu Memberson June 1, 2023 at 2:04 pm
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has raised red flags over delays in the determination of bail for four Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) members arrested on May 17.
- Somalia: Puntland Bars Trade Envoy to Somali President From Leaving Garoweon June 1, 2023 at 1:05 pm
[Shabelle] Garowe -- The authorities of the Puntland state barred a senior presidential envoy from leaving Garowe for Mogadishu on Wednesday amid a brewing electoral stalemate.
- Uganda: No Amount of Intimidation Will Change Our Stand On Anti Homosexuality Law, Says Musevenion June 1, 2023 at 8:33 am
[Nile Post] President Yoweri Museveni has defended the move to assent to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law, urging Ugandans to remain firm as no amount of intimidation or actions will make him change the decision.
- Senegal: Opponent Sonko Denounces His Arrest As National Dialogue Openson June 1, 2023 at 8:15 am
[RFI] Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has alleged that he was being "illegally held" in his home in Dakar by security forces and urged the public to protest. Meanwhile, a national dialogue between the government and various political actors has begun in the Senegalese capital.
- Ethiopia: Oromia Region Defends Demolition of Buildings As 'Constitutional and Legal'on June 1, 2023 at 8:11 am
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Hailu Adugna, Oromia Communication Bureau head (Photo:Oromia Communication Bureau/Facebook)
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- Regulation essential to curb AI for surveillance, disinformation: rights expertson June 2, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered spyware and disinformation is on the rise, and regulation of the space has become urgent, according to UN-appointed independent rights experts.
- Ukraine: Over 1,500 children killed or injured, concern rises over forced transferson June 1, 2023 at 12:00 pm
With Ukraine’s Children’s Day celebrations on Thursday marred by the death of a girl alongside other civilians in a Russian missile attack in the capital Kyiv, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country, Denise Brown, said she was “shocked and saddened” by the incident.
- UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugeeson June 1, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The UN in Bangladesh on Thursday condemned a second cut in food rations for Rohingya refugees who are sheltering in the country, after a funding shortfall of $56 million compelled the World Food Programme (WFP) to enforce the cuts.
- UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwideon June 1, 2023 at 12:00 pm
As the world comes together to celebrate the beginning of Pride Month on Thursday, the UN agency dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic, UNAIDS, issued a declaration of solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) communities around the globe.
- Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into lawon May 31, 2023 at 12:00 pm
UN chief António Guterres is “deeply concerned” after Uganda’s president signed into law a punitive so-called “Anti-Homosexuality Act”, the UN Spokesperson said in a statement released late on Tuesday.
- UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is deliveredon May 31, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The UN chief on Wednesday commended the work of the judges and staff of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as its final judgement was delivered, increasing the prison sentences on appeal of two former top Serbian security officials.
- Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hearson May 30, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Racism is a global problem, and every country must take a stance against it, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said on Monday, addressing the latest meeting of a UN platform to improve the safety and quality of life of people of African descent worldwide.
- Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights expertson May 30, 2023 at 12:00 pm
A large group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called on the Belarusian authorities to immediately release all those being held on “spurious charges”, simply for exercising their fundamental rights to peaceful assembly, association and expression, to be released without delay.
- ‘Safe digital public square’ never more important, says Türkon May 26, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Allowing space for everyone to speak up, is critical for a free and fully functioning society said the UN human rights chief on Friday, warning that a safe environment online has never been more essential.
- UN representative alarmed by sexual violence against women and girls in DRCon May 25, 2023 at 12:00 pm
UN Special Representative, Pramila Patten, expressed her ‘deep concern’ on Thursday over increasing allegations of sexual violence against women and girls being carried out in camps for the internally displaced (IDPs) around Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
- Sudan: UN and partners scramble to supply aid amid fragile ceasefireon May 25, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The UN and humanitarian partners are mobilizing to reach as many people as possible while the stuttering ceasefire between warring military factions is being respected, said the UN Spokesperson on Thursday.
- Türk appeals to Sudan’s warring generals; calls out ‘dangerous anti-rights tendencies’ worldwideon May 24, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The “senseless” fighting in Sudan must stop now, and the warring generals have to insist on zero tolerance for sexual violence among their troops, the UN rights chief said on Wednesday.
- El Salvador: Renewed state of emergency undermines right to fair trialon May 22, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The decision by El Salvador to extend a state of emergency aimed at cracking down on gangs undermines the right to fair trial, three experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Monday.
- Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourishedon May 22, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity, and insecurity, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
- UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesterson May 19, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The UN Human Rights Council-appointed panel of independent experts examining the Iranian Government’s response to protests that erupted there last November, has said that it’s “deeply alarmed” at continuing executions of demonstrators, ahead of pending reviews.
- Sudan emergency: One million now displaced in ongoing conflicton May 19, 2023 at 12:00 pm
As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday that more than one million people have now been forced to flee for their lives.
- Ukrainian civilians subject to ‘unbearable routine’ of Russian attackon May 18, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Nearly 15 months after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, civilians are forced to live through an “unbearable routine”, amidst alarming levels of destruction and damage to their communities, said the deputy UN disarmament chief on Thursday.
- Sudan crisis: UN launches record country appeal for 18 million in needon May 17, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Amid a massive increase in the number of people in Sudan impacted by more than a month of heavy fighting, the UN on Wednesday said that it needed a record near $3 billion to deliver life-saving aid to them.
- UN rights expert exposes $1 billion ‘death trade’ in arms for Myanmar militaryon May 17, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The Myanmar military has imported at least $1 billion in arms and raw materials to manufacture weapons since generals staged their coup in February 2021, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the UN-appointed independent expert monitoring and investigating human rights abuses in the country.
- UN marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobiaon May 16, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Secretary-General António Guterres, marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on Wednesday, urging UN Member States to protect the rights of LGBTQI+ people.