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September 22, 2021 News Release

Cameroon: Repression Marks Crackdown Anniversary

Release Political Prisoners; Respect Right to Peaceful Assembly

Demonstrators stopped by gendarmes and police in Bafang, West Cameroon, on September 22, 2020.

September 22, 2021 Report

Zimbabwe: Dire Lack of Clean Water in Capital

Urgently Tackle Years-long Crisis in Harare

A woman collects water at a borehole in Mabvuku, Harare in Zimbabwe, August 28, 2021.

September 21, 2021 Witness

Witness: Sexual Violence During Kenya’s Covid-19 Lockdown

Government Should Support Community Activists Working to Protect Survivors

Gladys Koskey helps a nine-years-old rape survivor who lives in her home with her writing.

September 21, 2021 News Release

Kenya: Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Lack Help

Effective Law Enforcement, Access to Shelter, Financial Support Are Critical

September 20, 2021 News Release

Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina Convicted in Flawed Trial

Due Process and Fair Trial Violations Undermine Verdict

Paul Rusesabagina attends a court hearing in Kigali, Rwanda, February 26, 2021.

September 20, 2021 Report

Ghana: LGBT Activists Face Hardships After Detention

Extreme Anti-LGBT Bill Stokes Hostility

Area 51 Police Station, Ho, Ghana: A.G, a lesbian, was held here for 22 days from May 20, 2021 with four other lesbians after being arbitrarily arrested at a human rights workshop in Ho, Volta region. © 2021 Wendy Isaack/Human Rights Watch, 15 July 2021

September 20, 2021 Dispatches

South Sudanese Officials Intimidate Sex Worker on Camera

Government Should Protect Sex Workers, Enhance HIV/AIDs Education

Three sex workers sit at their workplace in Juba, South Sudan on March 5, 2018.

September 20, 2021 Report

DR Congo: New Findings on Prison Mass Rape

Full Investigation Needed into Ignored Riot Warnings, Sexual Violence

September 17, 2021 Dispatches

US Authorizes Sanctions in Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict

UN Security Council, Regional Bodies, Other Countries Should Also Target Rights Abusers

Tigrayan men sit atop a hill overlooking part of the Umm Rakouba refugee camp, in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, on December 14, 2020.

September 17, 2021 Report

Burundi: Allegations of Killings, Disappearances, Torture

UN Rights Body Should Ensure International Investigations Continue

Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye at his swearing-in ceremony in Gitega, Burundi, on June 18, 2020.

September 16, 2021 Report

Ethiopia: Eritrean Refugees Targeted in Tigray

Need for Urgent Protection, Assistance; Thousands Still Missing

September 15, 2021 Report

DR Congo: Massacres Persist Despite Martial Law

At Least 739 Civilians Killed in Ituri, North Kivu Provinces Since May

Congolese army soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers patrol the area of an attack near the town of Oicha, 30 kilometers from Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, July 23, 2021.

September 15, 2021 News Release

Guinea: Leaders Should Respect Fundamental Rights

Release Everyone Arbitrarily Detained

Guinea's Col. Mamady Doumbouya, center, is heavily guarded by soldiers after a meeting with ECOWAS delegation in Conakry, Guinea on September 10, 2021.

September 14, 2021 News Release

Central African Republic: Important Step for Justice

Special Criminal Court Charges Sanctioned Commander

Special Prosecutor Toussaint Muntazini (right) and five other judges of Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court (SCC) sit at the National Assembly in Bangui, having been sworn in on June 30, 2017.

September 13, 2021 Statement

UN Rights Body Should Maintain Scrutiny on Tigray

Oral Statement at HRC48

Tigrinyan refugee women prepare bread for their family in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan on December 11, 2020

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