Human Rights Watch
Repeal Discriminatory “colonial-Era Law”
Ghanaians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) suffer widespread discrimination and abuse both in...
Human Rights Watch Steps Up Campaign To Legalise Homosexuality In Ghana
The president and other state institutions are being pressured by international NGO, Human Rights Watch, to take...
65 ‘Illegal’ Miners On Dialysis At C/R Hospital
Authorities of the Central Regional hospital have disclosed that there is an obvious link between illegal mining...
Illegal Mining and Kidney Failure
Medical personnel at the Central Regional hospital have observed that there is an obvious link between illegal mining...
Top Kenya Election Official ‘tortured and Murdered’
A top official overseeing Kenya's electronic voting system was found tortured to death just over a week before national...
Unknown Gunmen Attack Kenya Deputy President’s Home
Unknown gunmen attacked the home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday seriously injuring a policeman,...
Tunisia Law On Violence Against Women ‘landmark Step’
Human Rights Watch on Thursday hailed a new law to fight domestic violence in Tunisia as a "landmark step" towards...
US-Trained Iraqi Unit Carried Out Mosul Executions
An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said...
Senegal Crackdown Fails To Improve Lot of Child Beggars
Dawn has barely broken as three of Senegal's estimated 50,000 child beggars dart through the capital's streets, hoping...
Vietnam’s Dissident Footballers Take Aim At Politics
A group of old pals trot onto the pitch for what looks like an ordinary football match in Vietnam. But it is actually a...
Journalists, NGO Slam Saudi ‘threats’ To Close Al-Jazeera
Journalists and human rights activists on Tuesday denounced "threats" by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatari...
Vietnam Activist Jailed For ‘anti-State’ Charge
A Vietnamese activist was jailed for nine years on Tuesday for "anti-state activity", her lawyer said, the second such...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Says Syria Border Assault ‘nearing End’
Lebanese movement Hezbollah said on Monday its fight against militant groups along the eastern border with war-ravaged...
China Defends Repatriation of North Koreans
China on Monday defended its repatriation of North Koreans who have escaped across its border after a United Nations...
UN Envoy Urges China Stop Repatriating N.Korea Refugees
The UN's human rights envoy to North Korea on Friday urged China to stop repatriating escaped defectors to the North,...
IS Families, Mosul Displaced Live Side-By-Side In Iraq Camp
Like hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis, Maha lives with her boys at a camp for the displaced near Mosul. But...
US Opposes Seat For DRCongo At UN Rights Council
The United States on Wednesday berated African countries for backing a bid by the Democratic Republic of Congo to win a...
Morocco Sentences 25 To Prison Over W. Sahara Killings
A Moroccan court on Wednesday sentenced 25 Sahrawis to prison terms ranging from two years to life over the killing of...
Fate of Chinese Dissident’s Widow Worries Friends
Friends of the late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were worried about the fate of his widow on Sunday, with no signs that...