Human rights abuses
15 Children Trafficked In Central Region
The Domestic Violence Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of Ghana Police Service has recorded 15 child trafficking cases in...
Ghana’s Performance In Child Labour Fight Not Encouraging – Expert
The Founder of Global Rescue Project, Leah Stenzel, says Ghana’s achievement in the fight against child labour is...
Human Trafficking Is Deadly, the Marginalized Are Mostly the Victims
Worldwide, human trafficking is a canker that eats into the fabrics of every nation and impedes its development. The...
The Middle East Forced Labour Bandits and the Polemic of Slavery Conventions
The Middle East forced labour bandits and the polemic of slavery conventions The recent countless images and voice...
Does India Risk Hague Return For Gogoi’s ‘war Crimes’ In Kashmir?
As news broke that India's army had commended a senior officer who tied a Kashmiri man to a jeep and used him as a...
Govt Urged To Be Sensitive To Issues of Modern Slavery Like ‘galamsey’
Engage Now Africa (ENA), an international NGO committed to ending poverty in Africa has lauded government’s...
Militant Behind Multiple Pakistan Attacks Arrested
Pakistani officials claimed Tuesday they have arrested the mastermind behind several attacks that killed scores of...
Grim Torture Images Ignite Anger Against Ugandan Police
Ugandan rights activists say grisly images of the torture of a detained politician showing septic wounds on his body...
UN Condemns ‘widespread’ Torture By Police In Pakistan
A UN committee has condemned the "widespread practice of torture" in Pakistan by police, the military and intelligence...
GITMO-2 To Stay In Ghana Longer Than Told – Lawyer Suggests
Claims by government that the two former detainees of Guantanamo Bay were to spend only two years in Ghana, have...
‘Revenge Porn’ On ‘mass Scale’ In Australia
Researchers on Monday urged tougher laws to protect victims of "revenge porn" in Australia after a survey revealed...
‘Revenge Porn’ Scale In Australia Revealed
One in five Australians has suffered image-based abuse, according to the nation's most comprehensive study on "revenge...
Suspects In Uganda Police Murder Claim They Were Tortured
Thirteen men accused of involvement in the murder of high-ranking police officer Andrew Kaweesi and two aides appeared...
Woman, 45, Arrested For Maltreating Nephew
A 45-year-old woman has been arrested for subjecting her three-year-old nephew to severe beatings, denying him food for...
We’II Lose Some Markets Globally If We Don’t End Child Labour
President Nana Akufo-Addo has underscored the need for Ghana to intensify the fight against child labour. Delivering...
31 Children Rescued From Volta Lake
The Police have rescued 31 children engaged in forced labour on the Volta Lake in the Volta Region. The police also...
Torture Use By Afghan Officials On the Rise
Afghan security officials are increasingly employing torture to extract confessions from alleged insurgents, including...
Policy Gaps In Child Online Protection In Ghana
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Internet use have increased very much both nationally and...
Victims of Military Torture Fear Mexico Security Bill
One afternoon, young Mexican engineer Jethro Sanchez was out partying. Hours later, he was dying, his father says --...