Follow AllAfrica News: Human Rights, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-human-rights Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:57:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByMyuzZiBfN9jRQaTQYXBS9 [UNFPA] On her 16th birthday, Yensen Nyirenda was getting ready to be married. Her marriage was hastily arranged after her family discovered that she was pregnant and, as per local custom, she had to go and live with her husband.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:55:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByMyuzZiBfN9jRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByMyuzZiBfN9pONpYks2fGs [New Frame] The mother and daughter behind the newly opened haven for LGBTQIA+ people in Ekurhuleni have created a sanctuary for those seeking a sense of home.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:51:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByMyuzZiBfN9pONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxZVTBflOnov2sGk81fO-bN [Namibian] THE Namibian Lives Matter (NLM) movement says it will approach the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU) in a bid to have an impartial inquest into the killing of four men along the Chobe River by the Botswana army in 2020.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:34:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxZVTBflOnov2sGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxZVTBflOnovx-xWH3zZqEA [Dabanga] Khartoum / Kaduli -- The Darfur Bar Association and its partners condemned the detention of Badreldin Siddig, lawyer and member of the resistance committee active in the Sheikh Abu Zeid neighbourhood adjacent to the Libya Market in Omdurman, and Abdelmajeed Arbab, Coordinator of the Libya Market Unit, and other activists.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:14:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxZVTBflOnovx-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByf55q2KvR8b1T72x6uxjiK [Dabanga] Khartoum -- Protesters Mohamed Adam (17) and Mohamed El Fateh (18) who were detained on January 14 on charges of killing a police officer, have been subjected to severe beatings and electric shocks.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:26:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByf55q2KvR8b1T72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByf55q2KvR8bzRQaTQYXBS9 [CPJ] New York -- Authorities in Burkina Faso should ensure that journalists can report freely, safely, and without fear of arrest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:25:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByf55q2KvR8bzRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwG31gi9pjPcjHgrmwRGUK6 [HRW] Authorities Continue to Use Repressive Laws to Silence Critics]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:50:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwG31gi9pjPcjHgrmwRGUK6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwG31gi9pjPcgC0qH-r7xlT [HRW] Legal Reform Needed to Protect LGBT Rights]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:50:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBwG31gi9pjPcgC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBydwZl7kb922xKeetMRuZbW [Premium Times] Akwa Ibom is among the four states with the highest incidence of child marriage in Southern Nigeria.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:23:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBydwZl7kb922xKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxkh1tllBW2NzRQaTQYXBS9 [The Point] I was together with journalist Pa Modou Faal a day before he died in that tragic car accident which also claimed the lives of journalist Musa Ndow and public health worker Kawsu Bayo.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:29:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxkh1tllBW2NzRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxgcp8EKAmvXLkdRKkm2PJP [OHCHR] The High Commissioner deeply deplores the military takeover of power in Burkina Faso yesterday. During her visit to Burkina Faso last November, she had stressed the importance of preserving the hard-won democratic and human rights gains made in the country, noting in particular the peaceful legislative and presidential elections held in 2020.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:00:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxgcp8EKAmvXLkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxm-Yug6Sc81Ifjc6hd5eWF [Premium Times] NHRC says out of the 524 complaints received in 2021, 224 are mostly about domestic violence against women, even though there are other types of violence against women and girls.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 14:14:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxm-Yug6Sc81Ifjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxPS5nmd2ZK01w3HFUzDTIP [FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has announced it will collaborate with the Liberia National Police to conduct an independent investigation to find the root cause of the tragedy that led to the death of dozens of citizens and residents at a crusade in New Kru Town.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:04:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxPS5nmd2ZK01w3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxPS5nmd2ZK0wSngkwrdsok [FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has called on the Government of Liberia to stop brutalizing peaceful people and stop quelling peaceful assemblies with violence.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:55:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBxPS5nmd2ZK0wSngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzY0NGZZ_F_e8fGo0LrnZNO [New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has reportedly invoked the newly enacted Data Protection law to silence detractors, including Diasporans, using social media to express their concerns over his misrule.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:06:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzY0NGZZ_F_e8fGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByYbQ6ZwjNW6lw3HFUzDTIP [FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has called on the Government of Liberia to stop brutalizing peaceful people and stop quelling peaceful assemblies with violence.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:49:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmByYbQ6ZwjNW6lw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzIhV1cQjX7X3tuT6pSmY81 [New Dawn] The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) says it will collaborate with the Liberia National Police (LNP) to investigate the root cause of the tragedy that led to the death of citizens and residents attending a crusade last week.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:44:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzIhV1cQjX7X3tuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzIhV1cQjX7X5JTpfXVttXD [Daily Maverick] This road was unexpected, hard and emotionally draining. Sometimes, I did not know whether I was coming or going. What made it hard was watching my niece come to terms with her mom never being able to live with us again... and it is not going to get better.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:34:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBzIhV1cQjX7X5JTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBx9OdYrDBe5hDRQaTQYXBS9 [Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- There are real fears over freedoms, a number of civil society organisations (CSOs) said in a joint statement.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:21:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBx9OdYrDBe5hDRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBx9JRoHUntm18qq6eZJzUh9 [DW] Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of education exclusion globally, according to the UN. Nearly 60% of youth aged 15 to 17 are not in school. Activists on the continent are now fighting to change that.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:05:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yvbIVpVYmBx9JRoHUntm18qq6eZJzUh9