Al Jazeera
- Oct 12, 2020
Paul Rusesabagina admits backing rebels, denies violence
Famed for his depiction in Hotel Rwanda film, former hotel manager denies role in violence committed by armed group. Published by Al Jazeera on September 25, 2020. Paul Rusesabagina is detained in front of media in handcuffs in Kigali, Rwanda. [Clement Uwiringiyimana/Reuters] Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed in a 2004 Hollywood movie as a hero who helped save Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide, has admitted to a Kigali court that he formed an armed group but denied he supported a
Declan Walsh | New York Times
- Oct 12, 2020
How the Hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' Fell Into a Vengeful Strongman's Trap
Paul Rusesabagina went from the world’s most famous Rwandan to a prisoner of his political nemesis, President Paul Kagame, whose government accuses the coolheaded hotelier of murder, arson and terrorism. By Abdi Latif Dahir, Declan Walsh, Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ruth Maclean Published by The New York Times on September 18, 2020. Updated on September 20, 2020. Police escorting Mr. Rusesabagina into a van after his pre-trial court appearance. [Cyril Ndegeya for The New York
Florence Richard | Jeune Afrique
- Oct 12, 2020
Côte d’Ivoire : « Nous sommes dans une logique de confrontation dont il faut sortir »
Alors que le climat politique se tend, en Côte d’Ivoire, pouvoir et opposition doivent retrouver le moyen de dialoguer, au risque que des violences n’éclatent. C’est la crainte d’Arsène Brice Bado, du Centre de recherche et d’action pour la Paix (CERAP), qui préconise un report du scrutin. Publié par Jeune Afrique le 21 septembre 2020. Des policiers détiennent un manifestant pendant une manifestation le 13 août contre la décision d'Alassane Ouattara [Luc Gnago / Reuters] À 40
Dewa Mavhinga | Human Rights Watch
- Oct 12, 2020
Is South Africa Prepared for the Next Wave of Xenophobic Violence?
A woman waves a South African flag as she attends Freedom Day celebrations in Kwa-Thema Township, near Johannesburg. (File photo: April 27, 2019) © AP Photo/Denis Farrell When I met a Zimbabwean truck driver, Tinei Takawira, in Durban last year, he was recovering from life-threatening injuries. He told me that on 25 March 2019, a man who was part of a protesting group of locals knifed him in the stomach, in broad daylight as the police looked on. The police did not apprehend
Human Rights Watch
- Oct 10, 2020
Anti-LGBT Persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
US Barriers to Asylum Block Path to Safety (Washington, DC) – The governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras have failed to effectively address violence and entrenched discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, leading many to seek asylum in the United States, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Yet policies by the administration of US President Donald Trump have made it almost impossible for them to obtain asylum. T
Rukumbuzi Delphin Ntanyoma
- Oct 10, 2020
Genocide Warning: The Vulnerability of Banyamulenge ‘Invaders’
International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS) ISS Working Paper Series / General Series , Volume 649 Last updated by R.D. Ntanyoma November 2019. CITE AS: Ntanyoma, R.D. (2019). Genocide Warning: The Vulnerability of Banyamulenge ‘Invaders’ (No. 649). ISS Working Paper Series / General Series (Vol. 649). International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/121302 A MONUSCO delegation in Fizi,
Aj Jazeera
- Oct 9, 2020
Rohingya living in 'open prison' in Myanmar: Human Rights Watch
Report says about 130,000 Rohingya live under ‘squalid and abusive’ conditions and calls for an end to their ‘arbitrary detention’. Rohingya refugees gather near the fence at the 'no man's land' zone in Maungdaw district in Myanmar's Rakhine State in 2018 [File: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA] Approximately 130,000 Rohingya Muslims who remain in refugee camps in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state live under “squalid and abusive” conditions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday
Katy Fallon | Al Jazeera
- Oct 9, 2020
‘Historic verdict’: Celebrations as Greece convicts Golden Dawn
Activists and experts welcome landmark move to criminalise group as positive first step against European fascism. Athens, Greece – Following guilty verdicts against the Golden Dawn group over a series of crimes including murder, Athens has seen a day of jubilation, tears and tear gas. As a landmark trial spanning more than five years concluded, Golden Dawn was found guilty of four charges – significantly of being a criminal organisation. Once the third-largest party in Greece
Yasmeen Serhan | The Atlantic
- Oct 6, 2020
Saving Uighur Culture from Genocide
Uighur dancer performing to music. (William Vandivert / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty) How do you protect a culture that is being wiped out? For Uighurs, this is more than just a hypothetical. Repressive measures against the ethnic minority have progressively worsened: The Chinese government has corralled more than 1 million of them into internment camps, where they have been subjected to political indoctrination, forced sterilization, and torture. The targeting of the
Al Jazeera
- Oct 5, 2020
UN urges Turkey to investigate war crimes in north Syria
UN notes 'alarming pattern in recent months of grave violations' by groups in Turkish-controlled areas of Syria [File: Delil Souleiman/AFP] The United Nations has urged Turkey to investigate possible war crimes and other rights violations it says were carried out by armed groups in the area of northern Syria it controls. Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said violence and criminality was rife in those areas of Syria. In a statement on Friday, Bache
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