President’s Death Opportunity to Reverse Downward Human Rights Trajectory

On March 17, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who has since been sworn in as President on March 19, said in a public address that Magufuli had died of a heart attack at a hospital in Dar es Salaam.

President’s Death Opportunity to Reverse Downward Human Rights Trajectory

March 19, 2021

By Human Rights Watch Press Published March 19, 2021 Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli Joseph, whose death was confirmed on March 17, 2021, leaves a legacy of repression and serious human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the death of the late President provides an opportunity for the new leadership in Tanzania to take…

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders shall host a meeting to discuss the human rights situation in South Sudan on March 2, 2021.

Human Rights Advocates Hold Consultative Public Meeting on South Sudan Ahead of Crucial UN Vote

March 1, 2021

By Khalifa Hemed Published March 1, 2021 Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders shall host a meeting to discuss the human rights situation in South Sudan on March 2, 2021. The three international human rights organisations will present their recent work ahead of a United Nations Human Rights Council as it votes on…

Once You Get Out You Lose Everything: Women and Matrimonial Property Rights in Kenya

Inconsistent Laws and Discriminatory Traditions Rob Wives of Matrimonial Property Rights

July 4, 2020

By Human Rights Watch Press Published July 4, 2020 Despite Kenya’s Matrimonial Property Act of 2013 that recognises that women have the same rights as men in marriage, ambiguous and antiquated laws that remain on the books and discriminatory social and traditional practices make it difficult for married, divorced, separated, and widowed women to claim…

April 24, 2020

By Human Rights Watch Press Published April 24, 2020 At least six people died from police violence during the first 10 days of Kenya’s dusk-to-dawn curfew, imposed on March 27, 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19. Police have shot and beat people at markets or returning home from work even before the daily start…

Eastern African States Draft Joint Agreement to Tackle Arab Gulf Worker Exploitation

February 4, 2020

By International Organization for Migration Published February 4, 2020 The rescue in mid January 2020 of 100 children and young Ugandan women in Nairobi as they prepared to fly to United Arab Emirates to labour as domestic workers reinforces the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s recent assessment that human trafficking has become…

Commonwealth Declares War On Violence Against Women

November 27, 2019

By Iminza Keboge Published November 27, 2019 Though physical violence is a leading cause of death in women and World Health Organisation, a specialised agency of the United Nations, estimates that one in three women worldwide has been a victim of sexual or physical violence in their lifetime, the abuse remains largely unreported due to…

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