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Feb
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Angolan security forces kill protesters

Angolan security forces kill protesters

NEWS
ANGOLAN authorities should immediately ensure a prompt, independent, and thorough investigation into the killing by security forces of at least 10 unarmed protesters on January 30, 2021 during a protest organized by the Lunda Tchokwe Protectorate Movement in Lunda Norte province,  Human Rights Watch said today. Four witnesses told Human Rights Watch that Angolan security forces indiscriminately fired at protesters who had peacefully gathered to demand better public services, including water and electricity supply, in the diamond-rich town of Cafunfu. The Angolan police reported that 6 people were killed, more than 20 were injured, and 16 were detained after officers…
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Jan
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Indonesia’s Aceh province publicly canes two gay men

Indonesia’s Aceh province publicly canes two gay men

WORLD
AUTHORITIES in Indonesia’s Aceh province publicly caned six people accused of breaching Islamic law, including two men who received 77 lashes for having a same-sex relationship, in a punishment Human Rights Watch called “public torture”. Aceh is the only province in majority-Muslim Indonesia to follow Islamic law, and this was the third such caning since Aceh outlawed homosexuality in 2014. The province, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, also imposes caning for crimes such as theft, gambling and adultery. A hooded religious police officer carried out Thursday’s floggings, watched by a crowd wearing face masks. One of the men…
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Jan
22
2021
By The African Mirror
‘French bombs hit wedding’

‘French bombs hit wedding’

NEWS
AARON ROSS THREE villagers in northern Mali told Human Rights Watch (HRW) that a French airstrike this month hit a wedding party attended by civilians, disputing French claims that only Islamist militants were hit. Different sides have offered contradictory accounts of the Jan. 3 strike outside the village of Bounti. The French military said it killed about 30 Islamist fighters - a version backed by Malian authorities. The military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the HRW report. It has previously said its intelligence before and after the strike allowed it to exclude the possibility of…
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Jan
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Saudis vowed to stop executing minors; some death sentences remain

Saudis vowed to stop executing minors; some death sentences remain

WORLD
RAYA JALABI FIVE people who committed crimes in Saudi Arabia as minors have yet to have their death sentences revoked, according to two rights groups, nine months after the kingdom's Human Rights Commission (HRC) announced an end to capital punishment for juvenile offenders. The state-backed HRC in April cited a March royal decree by King Salman stipulating that individuals sentenced to death for crimes committed while minors will no longer face execution and would instead serve prison terms of up to 10 years in juvenile detention centers. The statement did not specify a timeline, but in October, in response to…
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Jan
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Human Rights Watch slams China’s ‘appalling year’ of violations

Human Rights Watch slams China’s ‘appalling year’ of violations

WORLD
CHINA had an "appalling year" for human rights in 2020, a leading advocacy group has said, with a crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, repression of Muslim Uighurs and the silencing of people reporting on the coronavirus outbreak. A Chinese court last month handed down a four-year jail term to a citizen-journalist who reported from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus before it spread across the globe, while others who did the same have disappeared. "To crack down on whistleblowers and citizen-journalists at this particular moment ... helps highlight to the rest of the world what the consequences of violations…
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Dec
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Eritrea frees 28 Jehovah’s Witnesses prisoners, some after 26 years in jail

Eritrea frees 28 Jehovah’s Witnesses prisoners, some after 26 years in jail

NEWS
ERITREA has released 28 members of the Jehovah's Witnesses group after they served prison terms of up to 26 years, the Christian denomination has announced. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. Picture: Wikipedia In 1994 Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a decree revoking citizenship for members of the group for reasons including their conscientious objection to military service. Eritrea has maintained conscription for more than 20 years. Since that decree, Jehovah's Witnesses members have been subjected to detentions, torture and harassment in Eritrea, in part to compel them to renounce their faith, according to the group and international human rights organisations. In…
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Nov
27
2020
By The African Mirror
African peace envoys meet Ethiopian PM in bid for peace in Tigray

African peace envoys meet Ethiopian PM in bid for peace in Tigray

NEWS
AFRICAN peace envoys have met Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a day after he said the military was beginning the "final phase" of an offensive in the northern Tigray region that rights groups fear could bring huge civilian casualties. The government had given the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) until Wednesday to lay down their arms or face an assault on Mekelle, the regional capital of 500,000 people. The United Nations says 200 aid workers are also in the city. The African Union envoys were in Addis Ababa "with a view to helping to mediate between the parties to the…
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Oct
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Rights group blasts Argentina for using face recognition tech on kids

Rights group blasts Argentina for using face recognition tech on kids

WORLD
HUGH BRONSTEIN HUMAN Rights Watch wants the city of Buenos Aires to stop using live facial recognition to identify children accused of committing crimes, the rights group has said. New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Buenos Aires started using the technology in April 2019, making Argentina the only country in the world to deploy it against people under the age of 18. Although no minors are known to have been arrested yet, the group says the methodology is riddled with misidentifications that could unjustly limit job and educational opportunities for kids wrongly accused of theft and other crimes. HRW…
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Oct
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Hundreds of thousands of people shackled for mental health issues globally

Hundreds of thousands of people shackled for mental health issues globally

NEWS
PAUL CARSTEN and ANGELA OKUMADU HUNDREDS of thousands of men, women and children with mental health conditions are living chained up in roughly 60 countries, Human Rights Watch has revealed. Without mental health support or awareness, families or institutions shackle people against their will - often believing their condition is because they are bewitched, possessed or have sinned - and leaving them eating, sleeping, urinating and defecating in one small space, the rights watchdog said in a report. In the run-up to World Mental Health Day on October 10, the report documents almost 800 interviews describing how people with psychosocial…
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