Since his arrest on November 19 the auto tycoon has been in a Tokyo detention centre
​Leading Zimbabwean activist Evan Mawarire was detained by police on Wednesday when he was taken from his house in a widening crackdown
The Rappler news website is fighting a tide of disinformation and state-backed intimidation
The incident comes against the backdrop of intense scrutiny of Saudi Arabia over its handling of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year
Maybe regional leaders should follow the West African playbook
Provocative president intensifies attack on the Catholic Church, which opposes his deadly war on drugs
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Maria Ressa vows to fight tax evasion charges and calls out Duterte administration for weaponising laws against critics
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Airbnb listed at least 139 properties in West Bank settlements between March and July
The commission will hold witness hearings into Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year era of oppression, opening the way to prosecuting those responsible
External intervention is needed as the conflict in the Anglophone region worsens
Mnangagwa’s slim election victory, followed by violence, has observers asking why he would do this when all he needed
was international credibility
Riyadh also recalls its envoy and suspends trade deals after Canada’s foreign ministry denounced jailing of activists
Israeli authorities appeared keen to avoid media coverage of the release as much as possible
Two Reuters reporters accused of breaking Myanmar’s draconian secrecy law during reporting of a Rohingya massacre must face trial, a judge said Monday
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Armed militants are burning villages and beheading civilians in northern Mozambique — and no one knows who they are, or what they want
The Arusha Accords, led by Thabo Mbeki, have been eroded and Cyril Ramaphosa needs to restore peace
The club’s new sleeve sponsor has an abysmal human rights record
The Syrian army has claimed to have fully recaptured Ghouta after a two-month offensive
Child labour and other rights abuses on Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms
Cosmetic surgery on intersex children, without their consent, exposes social bias
Behind the facade of the renowned brand is alleged labour abuse and chemical misuse
Many aren’t at school because of inadequate funding and unsuitable facilities and care
South Africa risks becoming complicit in South Sudanese abuses
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"Kenya is on a very slippery trajectory in regard to human rights, and president Kenyatta urgently needs to reverse this trend."
The historic vote will either make or break the legitimacy of the ‘new’ Zanu-PF
Human Rights Watch tracks unchecked abuse in unstable states like Syria and Myanmar, authoritarian trends in powers like Turkey and China.
Basic rights are under severe threat in the region, says Human Rights Watch
The Sudanese government has received money from the EU to stem the flow of migrants, but officials are colluding with smugglers and human traffickers
Israel approved a plan to force asylum seekers to choose between indefinite detention in an Israeli prison, or deportation to a third African country
‘Since the military takeover, soldiers have not returned to barracks but are now involved in policing the streets’
The migration policies of the European Union have directly resulted in slavery conditions for migrants in Libya.
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Faced with arrests, and an inability to engage authorities, Egypt’s LGBTI community seeks international support