The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has condemned the arrest and detention of Professor Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary ...

Amnesty International called for urgent international action to address what it described as "a state-led campaign of mass arbitrary detention" of thousands in Ethiopia's Amhara region, where people ...

On January 7, 2025, soldiers blocked human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza from entering the defendant’s section of a military court ...

"To end arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances, the interim government should build systems prohibiting filing cases against unnamed accused and mass arrest warrants, revising laws that allow ...

It described Yusuf’s arrest and detention as an attempt to silence ... suppressing dissenting voices through intimidation and arbitrary arrests could set a dangerous precedent for democracy ...

Swiss authorities have arrested and deported prominent Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah, executive director of ...

Persistent reports of arbitrary arrests and judicial harassment targeting lawyers were noted in the UN Human Rights Committee’s 2023 review of Uganda, underscoring the systemic nature of these abuses.

Record numbers of Palestinian children are being held without charges by Israel, a Palestinian children’s rights group ...

Reduced visa durations and intensified police raids have aggravated the alarming conditions of Afghan journalists exiled in ...

Persistent reports of arbitrary arrests and detentions by security forces targeting ... Immediately and unconditionally release Eron Kiiza, as his detention is arbitrary and seems to be only aimed at ...

Egyptian human rights activist Hossam Bahgat has been called to appear before Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution for interrogation ...