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Apr
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Five human rights wins in a year marked by COVID-19 backsliding

Five human rights wins in a year marked by COVID-19 backsliding

HUMAN RIGHTS
SONIA ELKS THE coronavirus pandemic deepened entrenched inequalities and took an especially heavy toll on the most vulnerable, but in a grim year there were some notable wins for human rights, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. From Black Lives Matter protests showcasing people power to climate lawsuits holding corporations to account and a groundswell of action to fight violence against women, the rights group highlighted bright spots in its annual report on the state of human rights worldwide. Here are five of the human rights wins and positive trends identified by Amnesty: 1. Black Lives Matter protests The death of George Floyd…
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Mar
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Africans slam rich nations

Africans slam rich nations

COVID-19
NITA BHALLA CHARITIES in Africa have slammed rich nations for blocking efforts to waive patents for COVID-19 vaccines, saying this would prolong the pandemic for years in poorer nations and push millions across the continent deeper into poverty. More than 40 charities, including Amnesty International and Christian Aid, said Wednesday's move by Western nations to prevent generic or other manufacturers making more vaccines in poorer nations was "an affront on people's right to healthcare." Peter Kamalingin, Oxfam International's Africa director, said sub-Saharan Africa - 14% of the global population - had received only 0.2% of 300 million vaccine doses administered…
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Mar
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Senegal opposition leader released on bail

Senegal opposition leader released on bail

NEWS
DIADIE BA SENEGAL opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was indicted and released on bail under judicial supervision yesterday, his lawyer said, as he faces a rape accusation that has sparked violent protests. Sonko's release could help ease tensions that have buffeted one of West Africa's most stable democracies in the past week, leaving at least eight dead in clashes between protesters and police, right group Amnesty International said yesterday. "He (Sonko) has been indicted for rape and death threats and placed under judicial supervision. He is going home," Sonko's lawyer, Cheikh Koureyssi Ba, told Reuters. Several hundred people gathered outside the…
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Mar
01
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. calls on AU to exert pressure Tigray

U.S. calls on AU to exert pressure Tigray

NEWS
PHIL STEWART  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on the African Union and other international partners to help address a deepening crisis in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region as he condemned alleged atrocities in fighting there. Blinken's statement suggested growing frustration with the response so far from Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea to what America's top diplomat described as a "worsening humanitarian crisis." His remarks came a day after Amnesty International released a report accusing Eritrean forces of killing hundreds of civilians in Tigray in a 24-hour period last year, an incident it described as a potential crime against humanity.…
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Feb
28
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Eritrean troops killed hundreds of Ethiopian civilians’

‘Eritrean troops killed hundreds of Ethiopian civilians’

NEWS
AMNESTY International has accused Eritrean forces of killing hundreds of civilians in northern Ethiopia over 24 hours last year, an incident it described as a potential crime against humanity. Eritrea rejected the accusations. But an Ethiopian state human rights body issued a statement that also described such killings, though with fewer details. It was a rare official acknowledgment from Ethiopia that Eritrean troops participated in the conflict during the government's crackdown in the Tigray region last year. Amnesty said it had spoken to 41 witnesses who described the mass killings of "many hundreds of civilians" by Eritrean troops in Axum,…
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Jan
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia detains hundreds in protests as Amnesty urges restraint

Tunisia detains hundreds in protests as Amnesty urges restraint

NEWS
TUNISIAN have arrested about 1,000 people after several nights of protests as a rights group warned against using excessive force and witnesses said demonstrators clashed with security forces in the city of Kasserine. Police fired tear gas as young people burned tyres and threw stones, witnesses in the impoverished city said, hours after protesters gathered in the capital Tunis to demand the release of detainees. The protests and clashes with police follow the 10th anniversary of a revolution that brought democracy but few material gains for most Tunisians, and anger is growing at chronic joblessness and poor state services. However,…
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Dec
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Amnesty: rich countries have bought too many COVID-19 vaccines

Amnesty: rich countries have bought too many COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19
RICH countries have secured enough coronavirus vaccines to protect their populations nearly three times over by the end of 2021, Amnesty International and other groups said on Wednesday, possibly depriving billions of people in poorer areas. Britain approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this month, raising hopes that the tide could soon turn against a virus that has killed nearly 1.5 million globally, hammered the world economy and upended normal life. Amnesty and other organisations including Frontline AIDS, Global Justice Now and Oxfam, urged governments and the pharmaceutical industry to take action to ensure intellectual property of vaccines is shared widely. The…
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Dec
09
2020
By The African Mirror
‘He said Victor was shot’: Brother grapples with loss after Nigeria protest deaths

‘He said Victor was shot’: Brother grapples with loss after Nigeria protest deaths

NEWS
LIBBY GEORGE IT was after midnight in Lagos on October 21 when Elisha Sunday said he got a call from his brother Victor's phone: a stranger told him Victor had been shot dead by soldiers at Lekki Toll Gate. After a sleepless night, he said he went out to find the body but roads towards the upscale neighbourhood were blocked and he heard shooting so turned back. Elisha, 24, said he later saw pictures of his 27-year-old brother on Facebook, draped in a Nigerian flag and covered in blood. After that, the trail went cold. Protesters objecting to police brutality…
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Dec
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Rise in executions in Egypt in past two months-Amnesty

Rise in executions in Egypt in past two months-Amnesty

NEWS
EGYPT executed 57 men and women in October and November, nearly double the 32 people reported in the whole of 2019, according to Amnesty International. At least 15 of those executed had been sentenced to death in cases related to political violence following what Amnesty called unfair trials, the London-based human rights group said in a report. "The Egyptian authorities have embarked on a horrifying execution spree in recent months, putting scores of people to death, in some cases following grossly unfair mass trials," said Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director. The state…
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Nov
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Amnesty reports massacre in Ethiopia’s Tigray as conflict rages

Amnesty reports massacre in Ethiopia’s Tigray as conflict rages

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI SCORES and possibly hundreds of labourers were stabbed and hacked to death in Ethiopia's Tigray region, rights group Amnesty International has said, as federal troops claimed major advances in their offensive against local forces. "This is a horrific tragedy," Amnesty said in a statement, citing witnesses as blaming local rulers, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), for the killings, which it said took place two days ago. Earlier, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had accused his foes of committing atrocities during a week of fighting that threatened to destabilise the Horn of Africa. Abiy said the Ethiopia military…
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