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Uganda: Government Suspends Civic Groups Ahead of Elections

The suspended organizations include human rights, media, and election monitoring organizations

On January 12, 2026, days before Uganda’s national elections on January 15, the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations ordered at least 10 nongovernmental organizations to immediately cease their operations indefinitely. The suspended organizations include human rights, media, and election monitoring organizations.  The bureau stated it is “in receipt of intelligence information” that…

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Egypt: Declining Funding Undermines Education, Health Care

Funding Hits New Lows, Contributing to Severe Shortages

The Egyptian government has severely undermined the rights to education and health care by failing to allocate sufficient spending, falling short of constitutional obligations and international benchmarks, Human Rights Watch said today. It is failing to ensure free primary education for every child and quality health care accessible to all.  Inadequate funding…

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Tanzania: Crackdown Ahead of Planned Protests

Respect Right to Peaceful Protest; Free Arbitrarily Detained Activists

Tanzanian authorities have wrongfully arrested alleged protest organizers and opposition supporters ahead of nationwide protests called for December 9, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should end its crackdown and immediately release all those arbitrarily detained. Activists have urged people to demonstrate peacefully on Tanzania’s Independence Day, known as D9, against…

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Central African Republic: Concerns Over Crucial Election

Barriers, Xenophobia, Weakening Oversight Could Undermine Vote’s Credibility

Concerns about irregularities, political interference, and security pressures risk putting the credibility and inclusiveness of key elections in the Central African Republic into question, Human Rights Watch said today. The vote, scheduled for December 28, 2025, will include presidential and parliamentary elections, but also municipal elections for the first time in decades.…

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Nigeria: Renewed Spate of School Kidnappings

Ensure Safe Release of Victims, Protect Schools from Attacks

Nigerian authorities should act urgently to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and communities from further attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. The groups responsible for the kidnappings should immediately release the students and teachers they…

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Tanzania: Killings, Crackdown Follow Disputed Elections

Security Forces Use Live Ammunition Against Opposition Protests

The authorities in Tanzania responded to widespread protests following the October 29 elections with lethal force and other abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. On November 1, Tanzania’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, announced that the incumbent president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, won the election with 97.66 percent of the vote.…

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Eswatini: No Justice for June 2021 Security Force Violence

Ensure Accountability, Provide Prompt and Effective Redress to Victims

No member of the Eswatini security forces has been held accountable for deploying tasers, teargas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition against participants and passers-by in the June 2021 pro-democracy protests. Over four years have passed since scores of students, activists, and passers-by were killed, and hundreds more injured, and many…

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Saudi Arabia: Release 10 Nubian Egyptian Men Immediately

Imprisoned for Promoting Nubian Cultural Heritage

Saudi authorities should immediately release 10 Nubian Egyptians who have been unjustly detained for over 5 years, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 6, 2025, the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh reduced the sentences of the prisoners on appeal, yet all 10 remain unjustly detained. Saudi authorities arrested the 10 men in July…

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Cameroon: Biya Declared the Winner Amid Post-Election Violence

Rein In Security Forces; Impartially Investigate Use of Force; Free Protesters

Cameroon’s post-election period has been marred with violence, with at least four people killed allegedly by security forces, dozens injured, and hundreds more arrested across the country since the October 12, 2025 presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately rein in their security forces, promptly and…

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European Union (EU)/Egypt: First summit should not ignore human rights violations

The co-signing organizations urge the EU leaders to use the opportunity of the Strategic Partnership with Egypt to push for the structural reforms necessary to protect, respect and fulfil the economic, social, civil and political rights of people in Egypt

As the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa hold the “first ever” EU-Egypt summit with Egypt’s President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi on 22 October, the undersigned organizations urge the leaders to recognize the central role of human rights to the summit’s objectives of “shared stability…