Angola: New Media Law Threatens Free Speech
Update: On January 23, Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos signed the new media law that limits freedom of expression, despite...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 30, 2016
Central African Republic: Mayhem by New Group Murders, Rapes by 3R Armed Group in Northwest
A recently formed armed group called “Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation,” or 3R, has killed civilians, raped, and caused largescale...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 20, 2016
Preventing a New Attempt at Destabilisation
As the donor conference for the Central African Republic (CAR) takes place in Brussels on 17 November, the post-election status quo is...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 16, 2016
Confrontation in Zimbabwe Turns Increasingly Violent
Zimbabwe may not be a failed state yet, but its rulers are doing nothing to prevent its collapse. After months of empty promises of...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 6, 2016
US, France Backed Convicted Chad Dictator
The United States and France supported Hissène Habré, the former Chadian dictator who was convicted of atrocity crimes on May 30, 2016,...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 28, 2016
Breaking the Silence to Convict a Dictator
Sitting cross-legged on a mat in her modest home in the capital of Chad, as a fan whirled noisily to stave off the 105 degree heat,...
Genocide Watch
Jun 22, 2016
Ethiopia: Governing the Faithful
Ethiopia provides a significant example of the struggle governments are undertaking to find and implement effective policy responses to...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 22, 2016
The Roots of Violence
In Central African Republic, the conflict between armed groups is now compounded by a conflict between armed communities. The roadmap to...
International Crisis Group 1
Sep 21, 2015
Restrictions Interfere With Human Rights Work
El presidente boliviano, Evo Morales durante una conferencia de prensa en la sede de las Naciones Unidas (ONU); Nueva York, 08 de enero...
Human Rights Watch
Aug 5, 2015
The Betrayal of Human Rights and the Urgency of Universal Corporate Accountability
By Anna Grear and Burns Weston 1. INTRODUCTION The universalism at the heart of International Human Rights Law (IHRL) is, in aspiration...
Anna Grear and Burns H. Weston | The Authors
Feb 25, 2015
Mapping Bangladesh’s Political Crisis
Executive Summary On 5 January, the first anniversary of the deeply contested 2014 elections, the most violent in Bangladesh’s history,...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 9, 2015
Escape From a Nightmare
Refugees at the Kadei River, which marks the CAR’s border with Cameroon. © 2014 Marcus Bleasdale/VII for Human Rights Watch Aboubakar...
Foreign Policy
Dec 15, 2014
