We cannot be like the West and turn our back on the Palestinian people and the question of their freedom
As we observe the World Day Against the Death Penalty, we must hold onto the glimmer of hope that Zimbabwean authorities will do away with capital punishment
The deal paves the way for a logistics company controlled by Dubai to manage all the ports in Tanzania
The West African country is at a critical juncture, where the aspirations of its people are being trampled upon
The Programme Director will implement Amnesty’s strategic vision for human rights action
Sport can be a powerful force for good but in the wrong hands it can also be used help normalise hatred
A Tigrayan father and academic had been targeted by racist messages on Facebook and was murdered in November 2021. Petition says the social media giant had failed to remove the posts quickly
New and ongoing conflicts and rise of authoritarianism undermine vision for universal human rights
No one has been arrested for the murder of fierce opponent of coal mining operation in KwaZulu-Natal Fikile Ntshangase
State security forces act with seeming impunity despite constitutional protections for citizens
In contrast to developments elsewhere in the world, Melilla has not been mentioned by the South African commentariat, political formations and civil society.
Three countries in sub-Saharan Africa notorious for consistently executing people – Botswana, Somalia and South Sudan – were responsible for all the known judicial executions in the region in 2021
Russia accuses Western media of spreading misinformation on war
The first by-election in a year takes place amid violence and chicanery ahead of national elections next year
Israel is scaling up its information war ahead of a UNHRC session at the end of February that will table a report into last year’s bombing of Gaza
Urgent interdict ‘not so urgent’ in Eswatini prince’s bid to gag investigative journalist and editor following reports of alleged royal plot to procure guns in South Africa for further clamp down on protesters
Far from Ethiopia war front, mass arrests ensnare fearful Tigrayans
Paul Rusesabagina — credited with saving hundreds of lives during the Rwandan genocide — was recently found guilty of terrorism, after being ‘tricked’ into custody by the Kagame regime
Women and girls continue to fight for their human rights and wellbeing, generations after they were recognised
As the August 2021 elections loom, activists fear a renewed crack down on human rights
Too many Nigerians are stuck in prison for longer than allowed by law – sometimes for crimes they did not commit
The cycles of violence can be broken by the truth, reparations and guarantees of peace for the victims of the war
Israel’s iron grip over Palestinians had its beginnings in the demise of the Ottoman Empire and Britain and France’s arbitrary mapping out of the Middle East
The SADC states have failed to deliver on their human rights obligations by not securing vaccines
Mozambique is starting to accept it needs more than private military aid to fight the Islamic State insurgency
For several years, the Republic of the Congo has been quietly buying an arsenal from Azerbaijan, with the latest cache arriving before next month’s election
Education in South Africa is dismally unequal, and Covid-19 has exacerbated the crisis. Investment in infrastructure is crucial
Telecommunications and surveillance companies must stop aiding the government’s human rights violations and encroachment on freedoms
Between a communications shutdown and tight restrictions on movement, reporters — and the world — knows little about what is going on in Tigray. But the little that is emerging is terrible
For as long as there has been an independent Nigeria, its government has been killing its people.
The ‘unmasked’ are arrested during early morning patrols, taken to police stations and charged a ‘bond’
Eyewitness accounts emerge of the violence that left 239 people dead after the assassination of singer Hachalu Hundessa