We use cookies to improve your experience. By your continued use of this site you accept such use.
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

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.…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

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…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

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.…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

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…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

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…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

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…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

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…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

Morocco: Protests Met with Repression, Violence

Urgently Address Calls for Spending on Health Care, Education

Moroccan authorities have cracked down on youth-led protests demanding sweeping reforms to public services, resulting in deaths and mass arrests, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should heed protesters’ calls and fulfil the rights to health care and education, respect the right to peaceful protest, and investigate the use of…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

Italy: End Border Control Pact with Libya

People Returned by Libyan Coast Guard Subject to Severe Abuse

 Italy should revoke its damaging migrant cooperation agreement with Libya, Human Rights Watch said today. The Italy-Libya Memorandum of Understanding on migration cooperation will renew automatically for three years on November 2, 2025, if neither party revokes it or makes any revisions by that date. The agreement, signed in 2017, includes significant material and…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

Egypt: Journalist Detained over Facebook Posts

The Egyptian Constitution and international human rights law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, guarantee the right the right to free expression and a fair trial

Egyptian authorities detained prominent independent journalist Ismail Iskandarani over Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch said today. They should immediately and unconditionally release Iskandarani and establish an independent committee to review the detention of thousands of peaceful critics and release all those detained for peaceful speech, assembly, or association. According to his…