August 18, 2025
“Waiting for God”
Flood Displacement and Planned Relocation of Fisherfolk in Saint-Louis, Senegal
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November 10, 2025
Youth Football Dream Turned Into Nightmare
On November 2, a funeral was held for Cheikh Touré, a promising young Senegalese goalkeeper, after his body was finally returned to his family from Ghana. According to media reports, Touré had traveled weeks before for what he believed was a professional football trial. They allegedly kidnapped him, extorted money from his mother, and killed him.
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January 22, 2024
Senegal: Pre-Election Crackdown
Guarantee Fundamental Freedoms, End Arbitrary Detentions and Prosecutions
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December 16, 2019
“These Children Don’t Belong in the Streets”
A Roadmap for Ending Exploitation, Abuse of Talibés in Senegal
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June 11, 2019
“There Is Enormous Suffering”
Serious Abuses Against Talibé Children in Senegal, 2017-2018
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August 23, 2024
Children's Rights to Access to Justice and Effective Remedies
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
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February 12, 2024
Senegal: Delayed Elections Spark Violence, Repression
3 Dead, 60 Injured, at Least 271 Arrested, Journalists Assaulted
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February 5, 2024
Election Delay in Senegal Puts Rights at Risk
Ensure Fundamental Freedoms, Rein in Security Forces and Restore Internet
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January 22, 2024
Senegal: Pre-Election Crackdown
Guarantee Fundamental Freedoms, End Arbitrary Detentions and Prosecutions
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August 1, 2023
Senegalese Government Dissolves Opposition Party, Cuts Internet
Assault on Democracy Ahead of Elections
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June 5, 2023
Senegal: Violent Crackdown On Opposition, Dissent
Investigate Deaths, Injuries; Release Political Prisoners; Ensure Free Assembly
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February 27, 2023
Senegal: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
95th Pre-Session
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February 4, 2022
African Union: Focus on Rights, Justice at Summit
Address Ethiopia Conflict, Other Regional Crises
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July 6, 2021
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Africa Regional Review on Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
RE: Challenges to Implementation of GCM Objectives #4, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21 in Cameroon, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania, December 2018 – June 2021
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July 5, 2021
Senegal: New Counterterror Laws Threaten Rights
Pass Amendments to Protect Peaceful Dissent
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