Category: Human Rights
Rwanda Should Conduct Comprehensive Investigation into Torture in Its Prisons
By Human Rights Watch Published December 17, 2024 For decades, Rwandan authorities have subjected detainees in detention facilities to ill-treatment and torture, with no accountability but a landmark trial of 6 prison officials and 12 detainees for murder, torture and assault at Rubavu prison, concluded in April 2024, shows that it is possible to begin…
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African Family Laws Discriminatory Against Women
By Khalifa Hemed Published May 17, 2024 Discrimination against women is widespread in family laws across Africa. Gender Inequality in Family Laws in Africa: An Overview of Key Trends in Select Countries, an analysis of 20 African countries, reveals gender inequality in marriage, divorce, custody, and property rights perpetuated by sex discrimination institutionalized within legal…
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African True-Crime Documentaries Stream on Showmax
By Jennifer Ochieng Published September 24, 2023 John-Allan Namu has always been at the centre of investigative journalism in Kenya, whether he’s unearthing a major political scandal or exploring infamous crimes in Kenya. His work has earned him awards and threats in equal measure. So it’s only fitting that Namu, together with his team at…
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Sheng Novel Raises Awareness on Thorny Socio-Economic Issues in Kenya
By Iminza Keboge Published November 10, 2022 What would you do if you were a poor man’s son and the teenage daughter of the family that employs your father as a domestic servant accused you of making her pregnant? This isn’t the story line of Across the Bridge by Mwangi Gicheru but Without Kiinua Mgongo…
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Ethiopia’s Truce Needs Robust Rights Monitoring
By Human Rights Watch Published November 4, 2022 The ‘cessation of hostilities’ agreement between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan authorities announced on November 2, 2022 provides a crucial opportunity for immediate and rigorous international monitoring to avert further atrocities and a humanitarian catastrophe. The two main warring parties reached an agreement following 10 days of…
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Irregularities Mar Kenya’s COVID-19 Cash Transfers
By Human Rights Watch Press Published August 26, 2021 Kenyan authorities failed to design a social security programme that would guarantee everyone an adequate standard of living during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In a report titled We Are All Vulnerable Here: Kenya’s Pandemic Cash Transfer Program Riddled with Irregularities, Human Rights Watch says only…
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