Mogadishu/Nairobi-The African Federation of Environmental Journalists (AFEJ) and its 42 national affiliations around Africa concerns and have stemmed the illicit detention over the humanitarian journalist Abdi-aziz Abdinur Ibrahim better known as “Koronto” who is still in jail with political motivated concentration by the Gen. Sharif Shekhuna Maye, the police commissioner and Gen. Abdullahi Hassan Barisse [...]
AU Summit: Rights Key for Addressing Crises Protecting Civilians in Mali, Eastern DRC Among Priorities (Addis Ababa, January 21, 2013) – The African Union (AU) should make human rights central to its discussions about crises situations in Africa at its summit meeting this week in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter [...]
For Immediate Release ***To download photo: http://multimedia.hrw.org/distribute/djxwzlrfse Mercury Treaty: Last Chance to Address Health Effects In Final Talks, Western Governments Should Agree to Include Prevention, Treatment (Geneva, January 10, 2013) – A proposed international treaty to address the damaging effects of mercury should include specific provisions to protect the health of children and other vulnerable [...]
SADC, Donors Should Press for Changes (Johannesburg, January 10, 2013) – Zimbabwe’s “unity government” is failing to carry out reforms in the country’s Global Political Agreement that are vital for the country to hold credible, free, and fair elections in 2013, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 28-page report, “Race Against [...]
The Secretary General of the African Federation of Environmental Journalists (AFEJ) calls international concern over Kenya and Somalia leaders talks now going on in Nairobi to protect the Somalia’n refugees who are currently under a climate of hopeless as the government of Kenya have ordered the Somali refugees to enter its territory and similarly the [...]
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The members of the African Federation of Environmental Journalists (AFEJ) are today overjoyed the celebration of the World Human Rights Day and vowed to observe and document the human rights violations in across African region as everyone has the right to be heard and to shape the decisions that affect their community. This right is [...]
Halt Violent Crackdown on Protesters (Nairobi, December 11, 2012) – Sudanese authorities should immediately investigate the deaths of four student protesters and the disappearance of two others at the beginning of December 2012, in Madani, Jazeera state, and hold those responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said today. “The murky circumstances of these deaths are [...]
Statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Chaloka Beyani to mark the coming into force of the Kampala Convention GENEVA (6 December 2012) – “Today, Africa has achieved a milestone and demonstrated its leadership in addressing one of the most pressing humanitarian issues in the world. With the [...]
Last Seen at Prison; Authorities Should Immediately Clarify His Whereabouts (Washington, DC, October 24, 2012) – The authorities in Equatorial Guinea should immediately investigate the alleged enforced disappearance of a top human rights lawyer who has been unaccounted for since the evening of October 22, 2012, EG Justice and Human Rights Watch said today. Fabián [...]
Winners Named for the 2012 Alison Des Forges Award (New York, August 14, 2012) – Two courageous and tireless advocates for human rights have been selected as recipients of the prestigious Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism, Human Rights Watch said today. Abbé Benoît Kinalegu from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Salah Marghani [...]
