Asad Hashim | Al Jazeera
- Oct 20, 2020
Pakistani politician released as opposition to continue protests
Opposition leader Muhammad Safdar released on bail after spending hours in custody following anti-government protest. Supporters of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of political opposition parties, react as they listen to their leaders during an anti-government rally in Karachi, Pakistan [Akhtar Soomro/Reuters] By
Asad Hashim 19 Oct 2020 Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani opposition political leader Muhammad Safdar has been released on bail, hours after being arr
Rebecca Ratcliffe | The Guardian
- Oct 19, 2020
UN accused over failure to investigate 'war on drugs' killings in the Philippines
Human rights groups calling for a probe into president Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-narcotics crackdown say abuses continue. Government figures show at least 8,663 people have been killed in anti-drug operations, but estimates suggest the true figure is triple that number. Photograph: Mark R Cristino/EPA The UN human rights council has been accused of a “collective failure” over its decision not to call for an investigation into the tens of thousands of killings alleged to have occ
Al Jazeera
- Oct 19, 2020
South Africa president says farm attacks not ‘racially motivated’
President Cyril Ramaphosa rejects claims by pressure groups that a spike in attacks on farms is ‘ethnic cleansing’. Ramaphosa asked all South Africans to resist any attempts to use crime on farms to mobilise communities along racial lines [File: Sumaya Hisham/Reuters] South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa called for calm on Monday, rejecting claims by pressure groups representing the country’s white minority that a spike in deadly attacks on farms was “ethnic cleansing”. H
Salah Hassan Baban
- Oct 17, 2020
Sold, whipped and raped: A Yazidi woman remembers ISIS captivity
A survivor describes how she kept a secret notebook in which she recorded the abuses committed against her and others. Layla Talu never imagined that her neighbors would betray her. But when former friends from the villages surrounding her home in the Sinjar district of northern Iraq gave away her location, her family was forced to flee. At 7 am on the morning of August 3, 2014, Layla, her husband, Marwan Khalil, and their two children, who were aged four and 18 months, left
Lily Kuo
- Oct 17, 2020
Chinese detention 'leaving thousands of Uighur children without parents'
Researcher says Xinjiang files reveal government strategy of long-term social control. Thousands of Uighur children appear to have been left without parents as their mothers or fathers were forced into Chinese internment camps, prison, and other detention facilities, according to evidence from government documents in Xinjiang. Records compiled by officials in southern Xinjiang and analyzed by the researcher Adrian Zenz indicate that in 2018 more than 9,500 mostly Uighur child
Cecile Mantovani | Reuters
- Oct 15, 2020
Russia and Syrian air strikes on rebel-held Idlib amount to war crimes - HRW
Kafr Nabl hospital (pictured) was targeted in a Russian airstrike on 5 May 2020 (AFP/Getty) GENEVA (Reuters) - Bombing of civilians by Syrian and Russian armed forces during a campaign against the last rebel bastion in northwest Syria may amount to crimes against humanity, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Thursday. The global rights group said it investigated dozens of “unlawful” air and ground strikes on civilian targets in the region around the city
Mimi Mefo Takambou | Deutsche Welle
- Oct 14, 2020
Cameroon: Divided opposition quashes hopes to unseat Biya
On September 22, hundreds of citizens in Cameroon took part in an organized anti-government protest. But the numerous opposition parties are under scrutiny for lacking clear leadership or a strategy. Published by Deutsche Welle on September 25, 2020. Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto speaks during a press conference (Reuters/Z. Bensemra). Cameroon's opposition parties have much in common with one another. They all agree that the political landscape is in dire need o
Mercopress
- Oct 13, 2020
Argentina: massive protests with display of national flags against government policies
Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 09:02 UTC Government claimed the protests were organized by the opposition and accused some of the leaders of been inspired in hate and even worse promoting contagion. Photo: REUTERS Thousands of Argentines flying the national colors on Monday took to the streets across the country's main cities to protest against the government of President Alberto Fernandez and his policies, which after over 200 days of quarantine/isolation have been unable to c
Vincent Duhem | Jeune Afrique
- Oct 13, 2020
Côte d’Ivoire : à Abidjan, une opposition unie contre ADO mais à la stratégie incertaine
L’opposition ivoirienne a organisé samedi un grand meeting pour afficher son unité contre la candidature contestée d’Alassane Ouattara à un troisième mandat le 31 octobre. Publié par Jeune Afrique le 11 octobre 2020. Mis à jour le 12 octobre 2020. Henri Konan Bédié, lors du meeting de l'opposition, le 10 octobre à Abidjan. [REUTERS/Macline Hien] C’est la fin de journée et le soleil descend doucement sur la lagune Ebrié. Davy quitte le quartier du Plateau à Abidjan où il a ass
Al Jazeera
- Oct 13, 2020
Ivory Coast opposition rallies against president’s third term bid
Ouattara announced in August he will seek another term following the sudden death of his handpicked successor. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara is seeking re-election [Sia Kambou/AFP] Thousands of opposition supporters have rallied in Abidjan to protest against Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara’s plan to seek a third term, as tensions rise in the lead-up to the country’s high-stakes election. Three weeks before the October 31 vote, some 20,000 people made their way into
ONU Info / UN News
- Oct 13, 2020
RCA : un expert de l’ONU appelle à la tenue de l’élection présidentielle dans les délais constitutio
A moins de trois mois de l’élection présidentielle en République centrafricaine (RCA), l’Expert indépendant de l’ONU sur la situation des droits de l’homme dans ce pays, Yao Agbetse, a fait part de son inquiétude sur les agitations de certains groupes armés qui entravent la bonne marche des inscriptions sur la liste électorale. Publié par ONU Info le 2 octobre 2020. Des électeurs Voters à un bureau de vote pendant les élections de décembre 2015 en Centrafrique (MINUSCA) La Ré
Amnesty International
- Oct 13, 2020
Myanmar: Villages burned, civilians injured and killed as Rakhine State conflict escalates
Civilians, including children, killed or injured Remote sensing analysis confirms ethnic Rakhine villages ablaze on 3 September Amnesty International has gathered new evidence of indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Rakhine State, amid serious escalations in the ongoing armed conflict between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA). This evidence is based on firsthand testimony, photographs and video obtained from inside Rakhine State, and analysis of satellite imager
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