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Ethiopia: End the month-long arbitrary detention of thousands in Amhara Region

Amnesty International research has found that since 28 September 2024 the task force has filled four makeshift detention camps across the Amhara region with thousands of civilians

A joint task force composed of Ethiopia’s federal army and Amhara regional security authorities must end the month-long arbitrary mass detention of thousands in the Amhara region, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International research has found that since 28 September 2024 the task force has filled four makeshift detention camps…

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Mozambique: End violent post-election crackdown ahead of 7 November Maputo march

The government has repeatedly cut internet access across the country and blocked social media sites for nearly a week

Ahead of a major opposition march planned for 7 November in Maputo following disputed elections, Mozambique’s Frelimo-led government must halt its violent and widespread crackdown on human rights and respect everyone’s rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, Amnesty International said.  The crisis in Mozambique is the country’s…

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Mali: Authorities must investigate deaths of at least eight civilians, including six children, after drone strikes in Inadiafatane

The drone strikes occurred following several similar attacks that caused civilian casualties in 2024

The Malian authorities must carry out an effective and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least eight civilians following drone strikes that targeted a market on a busy day in Inadiafatane last month. This strike should be investigated as a war crime, as the attack resulted in deaths and…

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Africa: Richer countries must commit to pay at 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) as climate change forcibly displaces millions across Africa

The Fund for responding to Loss and Damage must equitably disburse the money so it reaches the countries who need it most

With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for global warming must agree at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan to fully pay for the catastrophic loss of homes and damage to livelihoods taking place across the continent, Amnesty International said. They…

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Sudan: Urgent need for civilian protection in wake of escalating violence

Amnesty International calls on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to end all indiscriminate and deliberate attacks on civilians across the country

All parties to the ongoing conflict in Sudan must end attacks on civilians, said Amnesty International, in the wake of escalating violence in towns and villages across Gezira state over the past week. Relatives of victims interviewed remotely by Amnesty International said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked Tamboul,…

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Zambia: Authorities must immediately release arrested journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo

Zgambo’s arrest comes days after President Hakainde Hichilema reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to press freedom and the promotion of access to information

Responding to the arrest of Zambian journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo in Lusaka, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for East and Southern Africa, Vongai Chikwanda, said:  “Zambian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo and stop targeting him simply for doing his job.   “Journalism is not a crime. In…

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Mozambique: Stop shooting at peaceful political rallies amid disputed election results

Mondlane has called for a nationwide strike on 21 October amid allegations of irregularities during campaigning, voting and tallying

Responding to reports that police in Mozambique’s Nampula city fired at and detained supporters of opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane at a rally following disputed national elections, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farise, said:  “Regardless of who wins the election, Mozambican police must respect…

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Angola: US President Biden must demand immediate release of five arbitrarily detained government critics

President Biden must also demand President Lourenço and his government stop the four-year crackdown on peaceful protests which has killed dozens of people, including children, and seen more than 100 arbitrarily arrested during demonstrations

During his visit to Angola from 13 to 15 October, US President Joe Biden must demand Angolan President João Lourenço and his government immediately release five government critics arbitrarily detained for more than a year, four of whom have been tortured through deliberate denial of medical care, Amnesty International said.  President…

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Cameroon: Civil society members arbitrarily detained in Garoua must be immediately released

On 9 September, three supporters of the PPC, Moustapha Tizi, Mohamadou Ballo and Ibrahim Oumarou were arrested allegedly for wearing t-shirts bearing the name of the organization in the town of Figuil, in the Mayo-Louti department in the North region

The Cameroonian authorities must immediately release three supporters of the association Pouvoir au Peuple Camerounais (Power to the People of Cameroon – PPC) and their relatives arbitrarily arrested and detained for a fortnight and put an end to arbitrary arrests and detention in the country, Amnesty International said today. On…

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Kenya: High Court to decide jurisdiction status in landmark Meta case

Meta’s legal team has argued that the case should not be heard in Kenya because the company is registered in the US and that Meta’s terms of service require such claims to be filed in the US

The Kenyan High Court is today hearing a case in which two Ethiopian citizens, Abrham Meareg and Fisseha Tekle, and Kenyan civil society organization The Katiba Institute are accusing Facebook’s parent company Meta of promoting content that led to ethnic violence and killings during the armed conflict in northern Ethiopia from November 2020…