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Zimbabwe: Journalist Held on Baseless Charges

Detention of Blessed Mhlanga Highlights Threats to Free Expression, Media Freedom

Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release and drop the groundless charges against a journalist for his reporting, Human Rights Watch said today. Blessed Mhlanga, a senior journalist for the independent media outlet Heart and Soul TV, has been in detention since his arrest in Harare on February 24, 2025. The authorities charged Mhlanga with transmitting information that…

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Burkina Faso: Government-Allied Militias Linked to Massacre

Investigate Extensive Video Footage of Dozens Killed in Solenzo

Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of Solenzo on March 10 and 11, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should impartially investigate and appropriately prosecute all those responsible for serious…

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South Sudan: Opposition Leaders, Others, Detained

Ensure Due Process; De-escalate Growing Tensions

 South Sudanese authorities have arrested at least 22 political and military personnel in the wake of violent clashes that started in mid-February 2025 between government and armed groups in Upper Nile, Human Rights Watch said today. These recent developments have plunged the country into political crisis. “The lack of transparency and…

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo): Rwanda-Backed M23 Target Journalists, Activists

Armed Group Threatens, Harasses, Attacks Civilians in Occupied East

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, critics, and civil society activists since capturing Goma in January.  Restoring a measure of normalcy to the M23 occupied cities of Goma and Bukavu will mean allowing journalists and activists to do their jobs without…

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Zambia: Mining in Toxic Lead Waste Poisons Children

Comprehensive Mine Remediation, End to Hazardous Mining Urgently Needed in Kabwe

In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia’s government is facilitating new hazardous lead and zinc mining and processing of the toxic waste, posing major additional health risks to…

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Victory for Kenyans Denied Citizenship

Constitutional Court Ruling on Identity System Affects Tens of Thousands

The High Court in Garissa, Kenya ruled on January 21 in favor of thousands of ethnic Somali Kenyan nationals whose rights were violated  by the refusal to deregister them from the refugee database and issue them Kenyan ID cards even though they were Kenyans. Tens of thousands of Kenyan Somalis who were…

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Cameroon’s Massacre Victims Wait for Justice Five Years On

Stalled Trial a Case Study in Impunity

Brutal violence has taken hold in Cameroon’s North-West and South-West regions since 2016 as armed separatist groups seek independence for the country’s minority Anglophone regions. Attacks on communities and acts of banditry have become the norm.  Government security forces were deployed to stop attacks and bring stability, but the conflict has…

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Democratic Republic of (DR) Congo: M23 Drives Displaced People from Goma Camps

Rwanda-Backed Armed Group Should Revoke Unlawful Displacement Order

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the M23 took control of Goma on January 27, 2025, many displaced people have returned to their home villages or…

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Mali: African Union (AU) Action Needed to End Crackdown on Opposition, Dissent

Enforced Disappearances, Politically Motivated Detention

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should take urgent action to stop the Malian junta’s crackdown on the political opposition and dissent, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to African Union officials. The Commission should give immediate attention to the cases of several political figures who are or were presumed forcibly…

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