Human Rights
Meeting of African Commission on Human and People’s Rights to open in Banjul
The 69th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is scheduled to begin on Monday, November 15, 2021 in Banjul, The Gambia. The three-week session will...
Read moreDetailsUN-appointed human rights expert to keep an eye on Sudan situation
By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net An expert to monitor the human rights situation in Sudan is expected to be appointed soon after the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution...
Read moreDetailsWorld leaders want ceasefire in Ethiopia to end suffering and humanitarian crisis
By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net African and Western states have called for a ceasefire as the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern districts escalated, threatening to overrun the capital, engulf the rest of...
Read moreDetailsHuman Rights Council special session to discuss Sudan situation
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Friday, November 5, 2021, to discuss Sudan. A statement posted on the council’s website said the session, scheduled...
Read moreDetailsWorld calls for protection of journalists and end to impunity for their killers
By Janet Sankale Janet.sankale@jfjustice.net Some 44 journalists have been killed in 2021, and many more were attacked, harassed, or unlawfully imprisoned, according to the Unesco Observatory of Killed Journalists. Between...
Read moreDetailsNo let-up on Sudan pressure as 48 nations call for Human Rights Council intervention
Concern over the situation in Sudan has continued to mount, prompting 48 nations to ask the United Nations Human Rights Council to convene a special session to discuss the country...
Read moreDetailsAmnesty International exit turns spotlight on shrinking civil rights space in Hong Kong
bnjoroge@jfjustice.net Amnesty International is the latest casualty of China’s national security law for Hong Kong, which has swept away civil rights organisations, trade unions, and media organisations since it came...
Read moreDetailsWorld condemns military coup that is threatening Sudan’s fledgling democracy
By Janet Sankale Janet.sankale@jfjustice.net The second successful military coup in Sudan in less than three years has been met with near-total condemnation worldwide. And for the second time in as...
Read moreDetailsUN living up to the values that powered its birth 76 years ago, says Guterres
The United Nations has called on its members to come together to tackle the great challenges confronting humanity, among them the coronavirus pandemic, which has devastated the world, as it...
Read moreDetailsFears grow of humanitarian disaster in Tigray as Ethiopia cracks down on aid workers
The spectre of famine and starvation now looms even larger in Tigray in the wake of the Ethiopian government’s expulsion of seven individuals working for United Nations humanitarian agencies last...
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