Tag: Human Rights Watch
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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Human Rights Advocates Hold Consultative Public Meeting on South Sudan Ahead of Crucial UN Vote
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…
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Inconsistent Laws and Discriminatory Traditions Rob Wives of Matrimonial Property Rights
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…
Read MoreProtect Cyclone Victims From Sex for Food Trap
By Khalifa Hemed Published April 25, 2019 Desperation for food is forcing victims of a cyclone to trade sex for food. Hunger and destruction caused by Cyclone Idai, Human Rights Watch reports, has left hundreds of thousands of women in Mozambique vulnerable to abuse by community leaders. RELATED:CORRUPTION UNDERMINES DEVELOPMENT ACROSS AFRICA Calling upon the…
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African Asylum-Seekers Risk Jail
By Iminza Keboge Published January 22, 2018 Thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers face prison if they do not leave Israel by March 31, 2018. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says a new Israeli policy, unless abandoned, “could lead to the indefinite detention of thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese nationals for refusing to leave Israel for…
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