Wave of abuses against Tigrayans reported
ARMED forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have stepped up killings, mass detentions and expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in neighbouring western
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Amnesty International
Ethiopia rounds up high-profile Tigrayans, U.N. staff
ETHIOPIAN authorities have rounded up high-profile Tigrayans – from a bank CEO to priests – as well as United Nations
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A year after Lagos bloodshed, Nigerians say promises of police reform prove hollow
LIBBY GEORGE and NNEKA CHILE ONE year ago, Adebanjo Akinwunmi gleefully waved a Nigerian flag at the Lekki Toll Gate,
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War devastates the lives of children: what the research tells us, and what can be done
AMNESTY International published a report recently on the situation in Niger that highlighted the devastating consequences of war for children.
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Struggle over Egypt’s Juhayna behind arrest of founder, son – Amnesty
EGYPTIAN authorities are holding the founder of the country’s largest dairy products and juices producer and his son in conditions
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Rights groups demand release of Congo journalist over terrorism charges
HEREWARD HOLLAND RIGHT groups called on military authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday to release a journalist arrested
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Democracy delayed in Eswatini
‘WE can never be head of government because we weren’t born ‘right’. We can do nothing to make our lives better.’
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Sex for water scandal hits Libyan migrants camp
ROBIN EMMOTT AMNESTY International has revealed that migrants held in Libyan detention camps are subject to horrific sexual violence at
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Rio police draws international ire as 25 killed in drug gun battle
RODRIGO VIGA GAIER AT least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio
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Some 200 rights groups push for U.N. arms embargo on Myanmar
MICHELLE NICHOLS MORE than 200 civil society groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have called on the U.N.
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