Amnesty International

‘The police shoot at journalists all the time’: Press freedom shrinks in Somalia

Africa Amanda Sperber - 13 Feb 2020

Fewer journalists have been killed since President Farmajoo came to power in 2017, but general freedom of expression has been sharply curtailed, as detailed in a new Amnesty International report

Widespread concern after Australian police media raids

Article Max Walden - 6 Jun 2019

Police raids against two news outlets renew calls for safeguards for whistle-blowers and freedom of speech protections

Amnesty International Zimbabwe closes amid allegations of fraud

Africa Staff Reporter - 4 Jun 2019

Police are investigating suspected misconduct involving millions of dollars of funds from donors.

Amnesty to cull managers after probe into ‘toxic’ workplace

Article Agency - 29 May 2019

Amnesty initiated the probe last August after two staff members took their own lives within three months of each other that year

28 years later, Ethiopia’s ruling party must end impunity for human rights abuses

Africa Fisseha Tekle - 28 May 2019

The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front celebrates 28 years in power on Tuesday. Now is the time to confront its brutal past

Surviving Boko Haram’s war on children

Africa Shola Lawal - 16 May 2019

After escaping from the clutches of armed groups, abducted children in northern Nigeria should expect a warm welcome on their return home

New look, old ways? Benin’s leader and the authoritarian past

Africa Sophie Bouillon - 2 May 2019

Elected in 2016 by defeating the preferred successor of Thomas Boni Yayi, Patrice Talon won the top job without a traditional political power base

Boko Haram’s war on children

Africa Shola Lawal - 2 May 2019

After escaping from the clutches of armed groups, abducted children in northern Nigeria don't get a warm homecoming

Airbnb will leave West Bank homes listed to settle suits

Article Glenn Chapman - 10 Apr 2019

Arvind Ganesan, of New York-based Human Rights Watch, called Airbnb's retreat from the decision disappointing

Rwanda: 25 years after genocide, politics of demonisation as dangerous as ever

Article Joan Nyanyuki - 8 Apr 2019

In the 25 years since the genocide, the world has witnessed countless crimes fuelled by the same politics of demonisation and tactics of exclusion

Sri Lanka interviews 47 potential hangmen

Article Agency - 3 Apr 2019

47 male applicants would be interviewed on Wednesday and Thursday, after the government advertised the vacancies in February

Amnesty accuses Nordic states of failing rape survivors

Article Agency - 3 Apr 2019

An Amnesty report says flawed legislation, harmful myths and gender stereotypes had resulted in "endemic impunity" for perpetrators

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Focus on FW de Klerk distracted attention from the troubling state of the nation

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Eastern Cape MEC orders graft investigation after two workers killed at troubled district municipality

Chris Gilili - 17 Feb 2020

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

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