Human Rights Watch

Cameroon’s state security forces did not adequately protect civilians from the threats posed by separatists in the time leading up to the country's elections, and instead committed further abuses against the population, Human Rights Watch…
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The Cameroon government has hit back at Human Rights Watch (HRW) over its report that accuses the military of gross human rights violations in the fight against separatists in Cameroon’s English-speaking North West and South West regions.
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A young Saudi woman who says she has fled her family in fear for her life has barricaded herself in her hotel room at Bangkok airport.
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Libya is not ready to hold free and fair elections, campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned.
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Rwandan authorities have summarily executed "at least 37" people accused of committing minor criminal offences, instead of prosecuting them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
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Prosecutors in the northern Nigeria state of Kaduna have charged a group of 53 people with conspiring to celebrate a gay wedding. The accused, arrested last Saturday, have denied the allegations, with their lawyers saying they were…
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By Bridget Mananavire Matabeleland South opposition legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga yesterday attacked the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) for interrogating her over her late husband’s estate, and revealed she has…
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Women and girls in several camps in the Nigerian town of Maiduguri are being sexually abused by officials, a rights group says. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it had spoken to 43 victims who had been raped or sexually exploited by…
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Three local and international human rights organisations today urged the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to address human rights violations among its member states in order to improve people’s lives.
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