Dispatches
In Memory of Medi Ssengooba
With great sadness we share the news that Medi Ssengooba, a dear friend, partner, and colleague at Human Rights Watch, passed away last week after a short illness.
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Mali: Militias Kill Over 75 Civilians
- Children's Rights
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No Country for Gay Men, Young Girls
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Reports More Reports
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“They Just Want to Silence Us”
Abuses Against Environmental Activists at Kenya’s Coast Region
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“We Used to Be Brothers”
Self-Defense Group Abuses in Central Mali
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“Let Posterity Judge”
Violence and Discrimination against LGBT people in Malawi
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News ReleaseSouth Sudan: Spate of Sexual Violence
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News ReleaseDR Congo: Campaigning Violently Suppressed
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Kenya: Harassment of Environmental Activists
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News ReleaseNigeria: End Impunity For Killings of Shia
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CommentaryAtrocities as the New Normal
Giving Girls a Future
A special interactive feature on empowering pregnant girls and adolescent mothers in to stay in school.
Witness: Tobacco Farmers Kept in the Dark
Tobacco companies fail to warn Zimbabwe’s farmers of nicotine poisoning’s dangers. Human Rights Watch researcher Margaret Wurth spoke to one family about their experiences farming tobacco.
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Mausi Segun
Executive Director, Africa MausiSegun
Ida Sawyer
Deputy Director, Africa ida_sawyer
Carine Kaneza Nantulya
Africa Advocacy Director
Corinne Dufka
Director, West Africa @CorinneDufka
Jehanne Henry
Associate Director, Africa Division jehannehenry
Dewa Mavhinga
Director, Southern Africa Dewamavhinga
Laetitia Bader
Senior Researcher, Africa Division LaetitiaBader
Anietie Ewang
Researcher, Africa Division @aniewang
Felix Horne
Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa @felixhorne1
Zenaida Machado
Researcher, Africa Division @zenaidamz
Lewis Mudge
Senior Researcher, Africa Division LewisMudge
Oryem Nyeko
Researcher, Africa Division @oryembleyOtsieno Namwaya
Africa researcher
Nyagoah Pur
Researcher, Africa Division
Jim Wormington
Researcher @jwormington
Interactives More Interactives
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They Said We Are Their Slaves
This report documents 305 cases of rape and sexual slavery by members of armed groups between early 2013 and mid-2017. The predominantly Muslim Seleka and the largely Christian and animist militia known as “anti-balaka,” two main parties to the conflict, have used sexual violence as revenge for perceived support of those on the other side of the sectarian divide.
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THE UNRAVELLING: The Central African Republic Crisis
The Unravelling: Journey Through The Central African Republic Crisis
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