Tag: Human rights
on hunger strike since early October, dissident Xu Zhiyong in danger of death
Human rights organizations are concerned about the fate of lawyer Xu Zhiyong, known for his fight against corruption by Chinese leaders. Deprived of contact with his family and constantly monitored…
in Jabaliya, there is “no one to collect the bodies, devoured by stray dogs”
Nearly a year after the truce between Israel and Hamas, which allowed a week-long ceasefire and the release of around a hundred Israeli hostages, conflict mediators are working on a…
Russian human rights authority: There is no political repression, only minor cleaning measures | News in brief
According to the human rights organization OVD-Info, more than 9,000 charges have been brought in Russia for dishonoring the army, which normally means criticizing the war in Ukraine. According to…
Germany and EU outraged over execution of Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd
Iran executed Jamshid Sharmahd on Monday October 28. This Iranian dissident of German origin was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for his alleged involvement in an attack on…
Joe Biden’s historic apology for residential school abuse for Native Americans
US President Joe Biden officially apologized to Native Americans on Friday, October 25. For 150 years in the United States, children of indigenous peoples were taken from their families and…
“Good governance” in Africa has stopped progressing, says Mo-Ibrahim Foundation report
The Mo-Ibrahim Foundation is releasing its 2023 report on “good governance” in Africa this Wednesday, October 23, and shows in this edition that progress in terms of governance is at…
civil society is concerned about the project to build a luxury hotel in Nosy Mitsio
In Madagascar, mystery hovers around a project to build a luxury hotel in Nosy Mitsio, in the northwest of the country. Since an official call launched by the State to…
Algeria expels Tuareg families who had fled Mali from Tinzaouatène
Several thousand Malian Tuaregs who had found refuge near Tinzaouatène, in Algeria, were forced to return to the Malian side of the border on Monday. This expulsion does not concern…
The international community is concerned about tension and repression in Mozambique
On the morning of Monday October 21, the Mozambican police repressed a demonstration in the center of the capital Maputo. Last week, opposition leader and presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane called…
anger in a detention center for foreigners after the death of a young man
In France, a man held at the Mesnil-Amelot administrative detention center, north of Paris, died on the night of Thursday October 17 to Friday October 18. His death, the precise…