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Aug
01
2024
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s RSF committing widespread sexual violence: report

Sudan’s RSF committing widespread sexual violence: report

NEWS
THE Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has “terrorised” women and girls in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and the adjacent cities of Omdurman and Bahri, committing acts of sexual violence that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch has said in a new report. Based on interviews with dozens of healthcare providers, social workers, lawyers, and emergency response room volunteers, the report documents widespread cases of rape, gang rape, and the forced marriage of women and girls by RSF fighters. “I have slept with a knife under my pillow for months in fear from the raids that lead to rape…
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Jul
30
2024
By The African Mirror
Sexual violence rife in the Sudan civil war

Sexual violence rife in the Sudan civil war

NEWS
SEXUAL violence - against women and men - has become widespread in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, amid the ongoing civil war, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. The report alleges that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been accused of committing numerous acts of sexual violence, including gang rape and forced marriages. While some attacks have also been attributed to the Sudanese army, the RSF is reported to be the primary perpetrator. Reuters reports that women and girls have been held in conditions potentially amounting to sexual slavery, with assaults sometimes occurring in front of victims' families. The…
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Jul
18
2024
By The African Mirror
Salvadoran minors pay price of gang crackdown

Salvadoran minors pay price of gang crackdown

WORLD
ALMOST 3,000 children have been arrested and 1,000 convicted over mostly gang membership-related charges in El Salvador as part of President Nayib Bukele’s so-called “war on gangs”, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report includes testimonies of 90 people, among them 66 victims of abuse. Documented are several instances of human rights violations against minors, including coercion into false confessions and, at times, mistreatment and torture. The arrests began in March 2022, when Bukele announced a state of exception and a set of “mano dura” (“iron fist”) policies aimed at tackling gang violence in what was then…
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May
24
2024
By The African Mirror
Tunisia sentences two journalists to one year in prison

Tunisia sentences two journalists to one year in prison

MEDIA FREEDOM
A Tunisian court sentenced two journalists to one year in prison on charges of publishing false news that harms public security, a judicial official said, amid growing fears of a crackdown targeting all critical voices. Mourad Zghidi and Borhan Bsaiss, both journalists with IFM radio, were detained this month over political comments made on the radio. Tunisia has now imprisoned a total of six journalists, including Zghidi and Bsaiss, while dozens of others face judicial prosecution, according to the journalists' syndicate, which is the country's main union for journalists. In May, police arrested 10 people, including journalists, lawyers and officials of civil society groups, in what…
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May
20
2024
By The African Mirror
Hundreds of Tunisian president’s supporters protest against ‘foreign interference’

Hundreds of Tunisian president’s supporters protest against ‘foreign interference’

NEWS
HUNDREDS of people demonstrated in Tunis in support of President Kais Saied amid widespread criticism at home and abroad after a wave of arrests that included journalists, activists and lawyers. The European Union, France and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern at the arrests and at a police raid on the headquarters of the bar association this month in which two lawyers critical of the president were detained. Police this month arrested 10 people, including journalists, lawyers and officials of civil society groups, in what was described as a crackdown by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, which called on…
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May
19
2024
By The African Mirror
Tunisian rights groups say freedoms threatened under Saied’s rule

Tunisian rights groups say freedoms threatened under Saied’s rule

NEWS
FREEDOMS in Tunisia are being threatened under the rule of President Kais Saied and the authorities are using the judiciary and police to punish their opponents, 10 local rights groups said at a joint conference. Police this month arrested 10 people, including lawyers, activists, journalists and officials of civil society groups, in what was described as a crackdown by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, who called on the authorities to respect Tunisians' right to free speech and civil liberties. And last week thousands of lawyers took strike action after police for a second time raided the Bar Association's headquarters and arrested two…
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Apr
30
2024
By The African Mirror
Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverage

Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverage

NEWS
BURKINA FASO has suspended several Western and African media over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, its communications authority said. The move follows similar suspensions of BBC Africa and the U.S.-funded Voice of America for reporting on the HRW investigation that alleged the Burkinabe military executed about 223 villagers in February as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants. The junta-led West African country's communications council said French television network TV5Monde's broadcasts would be suspended for two weeks, while access to its website would be blocked. The websites of German…
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Apr
29
2024
By The African Mirror
Burkina Faso says it is investigating northern killings

Burkina Faso says it is investigating northern killings

NEWS
BURKINA FASO is investigating killings in two northern villages in February, a government spokesperson said, dismissing a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about the Burkinabe army's alleged execution of 223 people there. Citing telephone interviews with witnesses, civil society and others, the HRW report on Thursday accused the military of executing residents of Nodin and Soro, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants. Government spokesperson Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo rejected HRW's allegations as "peremptory" and denied that the ruling junta was unwilling to look into the alleged atrocities. "The killings in…
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Apr
27
2024
By The African Mirror
Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage

NEWS
BURKINA Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S-funded Voice of America (VOA) for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late. In the report based on its own investigation, the rights watchdog said the West African country's military summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, in February as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants. HRW said the Burkinabe army has repeatedly committed mass atrocities against civilians in the name of fighting terrorism, and it called…
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Jul
11
2023
By ELIAS BIRYABAREMA
Uganda: Oil pipeline “devastates livelihoods”

Uganda: Oil pipeline “devastates livelihoods”

NEWS
A planned oil pipeline to help Uganda export its crude to international markets has "devastated" the lives of thousands of people who have experienced delayed or inadequate compensation for their land, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The rights group also said the project, in which TotalEnergies has a 62% stake, is a disaster for the planet as it will add emissions that exacerbate climate change. France's TotalEnergies rejected HRW's accusations, saying it was respecting all the rights of affected people. Planned to cost $3.5 billion, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will carry crude from the oilfields in Uganda's west…
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