Human Rights Abuses of Eritreans, At Home and Abroad. Testimony of Maria Burnett, East and Horn of A
April 18, 2018 Co-Chairman Hultgren and members of the Commission, thank you for the invitation to testify today. Thousands of Eritreans,...
Human Rights Watch
Apr 19, 2018
What it Means to be an African Migrant Deported From Israel
Meles Ghirmay remembers every moment leading up to his deportation from Israel. "I was hopeful and thinking that they would give me a...
Genocide Watch
Apr 19, 2018
Three years in jail for Somaliland woman over ‘contemptuous’ poem
April 15, 2018 A young female poet from Somaliland has been jailed for three years over a poem that advocates the reunification of the...
Nduta Waweru | face2faceafrica.com
Apr 19, 2018
Big Protests in South Africa Force Ramaphosa to End London Visit
LONDON — South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who had traveled to London this week to assure global investors of his...
New York Times 1
Apr 19, 2018
Burundi MPs approve police raids without warrants
NAIROBI – The lower house of Burundi's parliament has voted to allow security forces in the politically tense nation to conduct night...
AFP (Agence France-Press)
Apr 19, 2018
Russia: One year after ‘gay purge’ in Chechnya, still no justice for victims
April 4, 2018 The Russian authorities have abjectly failed to take effective action in response to the violent persecution of gay men in...
Amnesty International
Apr 19, 2018
Ethiopia’s Crisis: What is Causing the Political Turmoil and Ethnic Tension?
April 3, 2018 || By Betre Y. Getahun Ethiopia has been under a state of emergency for much of the past two years. The first state of...
Africa.com
Apr 19, 2018
Iraq launches 'deadly strikes' against ISIL inside Syria
Iraqi PM's office says F-16 fighter jets carried out air raids near the border in coordination with Syrian army. Iraq says it has carried...
Genocide Watch
Apr 19, 2018
How Crimean Muslims defy Moscow's pressure
Crimean Tatar leaders say they fear another pro-Russian crackdown on the persecuted Muslim community. Bakhchisaray, Ukraine (February 2,...
Al Jazeera
Apr 19, 2018
Yazidis who suffered under Isis face forced conversion to Islam amid fresh persecution in Afrin
Islamist rebels allied to Turkey accused of destroying temples of those following the non-Islamic sect Shekh Qamber and his wife Adula...
The Independent
Apr 19, 2018
INVESTIGATION: Survivors of herdsmen attacks tormented by deaths, rape at Benue IDP camps
Fear of the known – killer herdsmen – dissuaded taxi drivers in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, from taking the ICIR reporter to Guma...
Chikezie Omeje | International Centre for
Apr 18, 2018
Relief Agencies Prepare Rohingya Refugees for Monsoon Threats
By Maaz Hussain With experts warning that heavy rains and cyclonic storms could devastate new Rohingya settlements in Bangladesh,...
VOA (Voice of America)
Apr 18, 2018
