Tag: Human rights
HRW denounces the online targeting of LGBT people in the Middle East and North Africa
Government officials in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia are targeting LGBT people by exploiting their social media data. This is what the NGO Human Rights Watch denounces, in a…
the leaders of the Maison de la presse intend to file a complaint after its ransacking
In Mali, the leaders of the Bamako Press House intend to file a complaint against X after its ransacking on February 20, 2023, in the midst of the launch of…
Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu in court for organ trafficking
For three weeks, British justice has held the trial of a Nigerian senator. Ike Ekweremadu is accused of organ trafficking: he allegedly brought a young man from Nigeria to London…
mysterious disappearance of the businessman Bao Fan, figure of the tech
In China, a businessman has not given any news for a few days. And not just anyone, since it is Bao Fan, founder of China Renaissance, a major private investment…
death of human rights activist sparks outrage
According to his family, the young activist Souvi Ould Jibril Ould Cheine succumbed to a tough interrogation in a police station shortly after his arrest. Very present on social networks,…
the main protest movements against the regime since 1979
On February 11, 1979, Iran turned the page on a 2,500-year-old monarchical regime. Ayatollah Khomeini, exiled for fourteen years for opposing the Shah, takes power. He must deal with the…
The mandate of the UN human rights office in Uganda not renewed
The Ugandan government is calling for the closure of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), whose last mandate, renewed four years ago, ends on…
two former leaders call for political changes
After months of protest sparked by the death of young Mahsa Amini, former President Mohammad Khatami and former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Moussavi are calling on the authorities for political reform.…
the methods of the security forces denounced by an NGO
According to the NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR), based in Norway, the Iranian security forces have systematically aimed at the eyes of demonstrators in the crackdown on the movement that…
Colombia condemned by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In the 1980s and 1990s, the Colombian state “exterminated” more than 6,000 activists and members of the Patriotic Union, a communist political party. This is the judgment rendered by the…