Human Rights

Zimbabwe Police Vow to Shoot to Kill Armed Robbers

The Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Godwin Matanga, has announced that police officers will shoot to kill when dealing with armed robbers. The announcement was made at the funeral of Maxwell Hove, an officer-in-charge who was killed last week in Hwedza,

January 19, 2023

Breaking News·South Africa

Operation Dudula Blocks Immigrants from Receiving Medical Treatment at Jeppe Clinic in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A group known as Operation Dudula has been accused of chasing away immigrants from the Jeppe Clinic in central Johannesburg, preventing them from receiving medical treatment. The group has previously targeted immigrants at clinics in Gauteng, including Hillbrow

January 19, 2023

ZIMBABWE 2023 ELECTIONS

Zimbabwe’s Upcoming Election in Jeopardy as Activists Arrested

Amnesty International (AI) has raised concerns about the arrest of 26 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists in Zimbabwe, describing it as a chilling warning of a potentially violent election ahead. The activists were arrested on Saturday for violating the Maintenance of

January 19, 2023

Zimbabwe

Costa Machingauta, Budiriro MP, Arrested on Charges of Illegal Meeting

Budiriro Member of Parliament, Costa Machingauta, of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has been arrested on charges of participating in an illegal meeting. According to the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, Machingauta handed himself in to the police on Tuesday morning

January 17, 2023

Africa

Ugandan Police Arrest Over 30 Opposition Supporters at Prayer Rally

KAMPALA, UGANDA – More than 30 opposition supporters were arrested at a prayer rally held on Friday in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The rally, organized by musician and politician Bobi Wine, was attended by members of Wine’s National Unity Platform as

December 31, 2022

Zimbabwe

Imprisoned opposition leader Job Sikhala speaks out from Zimbabwe’s Chikurubi prison

Incarcerated opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Vice Chairman Job Sikhala has declared that he is “just a social activist and not a power monger” in a statement from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, Zimbabwe’s largest and most notorious jail. Sikhala has been

December 23, 2022

Breaking News·Zimbabwe

President Emmerson Mnangagwa: just like Robert Mugabe — but younger, richer and even crueller

Activists and human rights campaigners in Zimbabwe fear a new crackdown that could roll back gains made during the eight-day crisis that culminated in the resignation of President Robert Mugabe last week. Relatives of victims of state-sponsored violence said they were concerned

November 27, 2017

Africa

Burundi Human rights still under attack

Johannesburg – Ahead of next month’s presentation to the United Nations Human Rights Council, an independent panel has said that the human rights situation in Burundi has not improved. Fatsah Ouguergouz, the head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, has

August 22, 2017

Africa

The come back of a child slave

Togo and Benin – On the West Coast of Africa, thousands of children are sold by their families, often for as little as $30. In exchange, they are offered the vague promise of a better life for their child. But what actually

March 27, 2017

Europe·World

Britain deports tortured asylum seekers to country they fled

The British Government does not consider a person having been tortured in the country they are fleeing reason enough alone to accept a claim of asylum, the immigration minister has said. Robert Goodwill told a parliamentary debate on torture that not all

March 3, 2017

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