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 has also demanded that Uganda ensure the independence of its judiciary and compliance with fair trial standards. Persistent reports of arbitrary arrests and judicial harassment targeting lawyers ...

The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary detention, judicial harassment and acts of torture and ill-treatment against Mr Eron Kiiza, a lawyer involved in numerous public interest cases, ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Israel is holding 112 Palestinian children in administrative detention as of December 31, says Defense for Children ...