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Human Rights Violations

Gauteng education department taken to court over special needs learners
Education
/ 26 March 2025

Gauteng education department taken to court over special needs learners

Pupils at Filadelfia Secondary School have reported neglect and sexual harassment, but the provincial department has failed to intervene

By Umamah Bakharia
Bring back the UN human rights commission before Uganda’s 2026 elections
Opinion
/ 29 October 2024

Bring back the UN human rights commission before Uganda’s 2026 elections

Violations of people’s human rights continue unabated in the country

By Robert Kigongo
Coordinates identified for Ethiopian drone massacre in Amhara, opening way for war crimes probe
World
/ 14 October 2024

Coordinates identified for Ethiopian drone massacre in Amhara, opening way for war crimes probe

A drone strike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region left 30 civilians dead. The Continent has pinpointed the location, marking a crucial step towards accountability

By Zecharias Zelalem
Global Witness report: 196 land and environmental defenders killed in 2023
The Green Guardian
/ 12 September 2024

Global Witness report: 196 land and environmental defenders killed in 2023

The report highlights Latin America as the deadliest region, particularly Colombia, which saw a record number of killings

By Sheree Bega
IN PICTURES | On the trail of M23 rebels in eastern DRC
Africa
/ 8 March 2023

IN PICTURES | On the trail of M23 rebels in eastern DRC

The East African Community has sent a regional force to prevent the situation from worsening

By Moses Sawasawa
End violence against women and save $1.5-trillion a year
Opinion
/ 8 December 2022

End violence against women and save $1.5-trillion a year

High economic cost of gender-based violence should further motivate governments to take action

By Patricia Scotland
Digital technologies can help combat gender-based violence
Opinion
/ 24 November 2022

Digital technologies can help combat gender-based violence

Opportunities abound for tech to improve safety and assist victims.

By Karabo Mokgonyana
Africa in brief: 11-18 September
Africa
/ 21 September 2021

Africa in brief: 11-18 September

Your Africa updates: What happened on the continent this past week

By The Continent
Do animals trump people at Darg?
National
/ 8 August 2021

Do animals trump people at Darg?

Despite whistleblowers, the department of labour has not yet helped undocumented migrants at a Hout Bay animal shelter

By Eunice Masson
Women living with HIV continue fight against forced sterilisation
Health
/ 26 March 2021

Women living with HIV continue fight against forced sterilisation

Feminist activist groups still demand justice for human-right violations against women living with HIV

By Eunice Masson
State surveillance rife in South Sudan, Amnesty finds
Opinion
/ 3 February 2021

State surveillance rife in South Sudan, Amnesty finds

Telecommunications and surveillance companies must stop aiding the government’s human rights violations and encroachment on freedoms

By Deprose Muchena
Pandemic of human rights abuses haunts governments in East and Southern Africa
Africa
/ 14 December 2020

Pandemic of human rights abuses haunts governments in East and Southern Africa

In a year defined by Covid-19, human rights violations, including massacres of civilians and crackdowns on opposition parties, have plagued these regions

By Deprose Muchena
Burundi’s new security minister has a long and bloody past
Africa
/ 21 July 2020

Burundi’s new security minister has a long and bloody past

Gervais Ndirakobuca is under international sanctions for human rights violations — abductions, disappearances, murder, turture — when people protested against the president seeking a third term

By Thierry Uwamahoro
Pandemic-induced human rights violations a double tragedy to humanity
Africa
/ 6 July 2020

Pandemic-induced human rights violations a double tragedy to humanity

The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this

By Webster Zambara
Forced sterilisation is ‘inhuman’
Article
/ 6 March 2020

Forced sterilisation is ‘inhuman’

According to the Commission for Gender Equality’s latest report, this practice is a direct attack on HIV-positive women

By Shaazia Ebrahim
Unfinished business: We need self-examination to heal from apartheid
Analysis
/ 27 February 2020

Unfinished business: We need self-examination to heal from apartheid

Physical and psychological violence will continue unless we self-reflect on our apartheid scars

By Eusebius McKaiser
Boycott of Israeli varsities is counter to academic freedom
Article
/ 18 September 2019

Boycott of Israeli varsities is counter to academic freedom

‘Open letter’ reveals the Orwellian depths to which the radical anti-Israel lobby is willing to descend in order to stand reality on its head

By David Saks
Bid to block Burundi from European Union trade pact with other East African countries
Africa
/ 27 July 2016

Bid to block Burundi from European Union trade pact with other East African countries

At risk are other economies in the region and alternatives are being sought to allow trade.

By Staff Reporter
The case of Wang Yu, emblem of China’s human rights crackdown
Article
/ 2 September 2015

The case of Wang Yu, emblem of China’s human rights crackdown

The detention of Wang Yu was the opening salvo in an unprecedented crackdown on China’s human rights lawyers.

By Tom Phillips
Editorial: SA complicit in Swazi rot
Article
/ 8 May 2014

Editorial: SA complicit in Swazi rot

It is a scandal that South Africa is doing nothing to rein in Swaziland’s King Mswati and his despotic lieutenants.

By Editorial
Lethal force: SA warned on human rights
Article
/ 21 January 2014

Lethal force: SA warned on human rights

Human Rights Watch has issued a "warning" to the South African government, that human rights are "taking a turn for the worst" in the country.

By Sarah Evans
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Africa
/ 25 March 2010

Zimbabwean police return pictures to gallery

Zimbabwean police have returned photos of human rights violations under President Robert Mugabe to a gallery they had raided 24 hours earlier.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 12 January 2009

UN Human Rights Council condemns Gaza strikes

A divided United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution condemning Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 13 December 2008

New modes of terror

Jason Moyo reports on how the Mugabe regime is using abduction as a means of political struggle.

By Jason Moyo
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Article
/ 9 September 2008

Locked in Burma

With a population of more than 50-million, the country has become the world’s biggest prison camp. Pressure is building on the UN to act.

By Simon Tisdall
No image available
Africa
/ 21 June 2008

‘They make you feel the pain’

”They hunt the opposition. They said they ate human liver and drank urine during the war and so they were prepared for war again.”

By Chris Mcgreal
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Article
/ 9 June 2008

UN: Rights violations serious in Burma

The Burma military junta’s arrest of a popular comedian campaigning for victims of Cyclone Nargis is part of continuing serious human rights violations in the country, a United Nations investigator said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter

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