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Tanzania Civil Society Urges Govt To Respect Basic Freedoms

Tanzanian civil society organisations have launched a year-long campaign calling on the government to respect freedom...

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Make Corruption Felony Offence

Former Commissioner of Human Rights and Administration Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has called for the...

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Turkish-Backed Syria Rebels Seize Villages From Kurds

Turkish-backed rebels seized two villages from US-supported forces on Wednesday as they sought to expand their control...

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White House Supports Renewal of Spy Law Without Reforms

The Trump administration supports renewing without reforms a key surveillance law governing how the U. S. government...

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To Counter Turkey, Damascus Sidles Up To Kurds

Worried over Turkish advances in Syria's north, the Damascus regime has formed an alliance of convenience with the...

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UN Accuses Congolese Forces of Civilian Killings

The UN has also pointed out lack of investigations by Congolese authorities The UN has accused the Congolese military...

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Togbe Afede XIV Sues Ghana Army For ‘breach of Privacy’

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli state of the Volta Region, Togbe Afede XIV, has sued the Ghana Army over the...

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Togbe Afede Sues Ghana Army For ‘breach of Privacy’

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli state of the Volta Region, Togbe Afede XIV, has sued the Ghana Army over the...

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Togbe Afede Drags AG, Defence Minister, Et Al To Court

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli state of the Volta Region, Togbe Afede XIV, has sued the Ghana Army over the...

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UN Documents Nearly 1,500 Child Soldiers In Yemen

Nearly 1,500 children have been recruited by Yemen's warring parties, mostly the Shiite Huthi rebels, since March 2015,...

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It Is the People Who Hand Over (End)

Other members of the Council of State are elected.  And then the council helps the president make so many...

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With Trump At Helm, US Takes Seat At UN Rights Council

The United States will on Monday claim its seat at the UN Human Rights Council under the new presidency of Donald...

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Foh-Amoaning Must Apologize To Amnesty Int. Board Chair

Renowned Law lecturer, Moses Foh-Amoaning has been told to render an unqualified apology to the Board Chairman of...

International

Amnesty Report Says Kenya Tops Africa In Extrajudicial Killings

Kenya has been ranked top in Africa in cases of police shootings and killing of civilians according to a report by...

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Amnesty International Warns Against Politics of Dehumanisation

Politicians wielding a toxic and dehumanising rhetoric such as the use of “us versus them” is creating a more...

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Australia Failing On Multiple Human Rights Fronts

Aboriginal children are 24 times more likely to be detained than non-indigenous Australian children, Amnesty...

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Elor Azaria Gets 18 Months For Palestinian Killing

Elor Azaria shot and killed Abed al-Fattah al-Sharif as he lay on the ground incapacitated after being gunned down. An...

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Gender Activist Demands Justice For Woman Stripped Naked, Beaten

A gender activist is demanding justice for a young woman who was stripped naked and kicked in her private parts in the...

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It Is the People Who Hand Over (1)

Latest: It is the people who hand over (1) There are things we do and say that have the potential to and do, sometimes...