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Uganda: 72 arrests in August alone as authorities continue to crack down on human rights defenders opposing oil development projects

Regular protests have been recently held across Uganda and Tanzania as the construction of large-scale oil sites has accelerated

The alarming numbers mark a new escalation in the repression of those voices denouncing the human rights and environmental impacts of projects in Uganda’s oil frontier. The International Federation for Human Rights condemns the latest wave of detentions and urges authorities to immediately end their clampdown on civil society. Ugandan…

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Guinea: the verdict of victory for the victims of the 28 September 2009 massacre

On 28 September 2009 and in the days that followed, members of the Guinean defence and security forces, including members of the presidential guard, orchestrated a massacre in and around Conakry’s stadium

Former high-ranking officials sentenced to long prison terms for crimes against humanity. The trial of the 28 September 2009 massacre has just ended with a historic verdict welcomed by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), its member organisation in Guinea, the Organisation guinéenne de défense des droits de l’Homme…

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Guinea-Bissau : Serious Deterioration of the Security Situation of Civil Society Amidst the Attempted Coup

After these violent events, the security situation in the country, in particular that of human rights defenders and organisations, significantly deteriorated

Since the attempted coup of February 1, 2022, independent media, human rights organisations and their members have been targeted by the authorities. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) expresses its deepest concern over the physical integrity and psychological well-being of all civil society members in Guinea-Bissau…

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All proceedings concerning Mali and Guinea suspended: an obstruction of justice for victims of human rights violations

The suspension of proceedings concerning Mali and Guinea is also an obstacle for victims of human rights violations in these two countries

The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended all proceedings concerning human rights violations in Mali and Guinea, preventing victims from obtaining justice and reparation, four human rights organisations regret bitterlyLawyers Without Borders Canada (LWBC), the Association Malienne des Droits de l’Homme (AMDH),…

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Ntaganda Found Guilty: a Day of Joy for Ituri Victims, a Day of Hope for Others

Ntaganda, as deputy chief of staff and commander of military operations of the Forces Patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC), led troops in brutal atrocities against civilian populations

Today the Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found Bosco Ntaganda guilty of 13 counts of war crimes and 5 counts of crimes against humanity, committed in the 2002-2003 Ituri conflict, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Our organisations, having documented crimes committed in Ituri and…

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Central Mali: Perpetrators of Ogassagou massacre should be arrested and sentenced to stop the spiral of violence

The recurrence of attacks against Fulani villages in this area constitute crimes against humanity

AMDH and FIDH strongly condemn the 23 March massacre of at least 160 civilians in Bankass Circle, attributed to Dan Na Ambassagou, a Dozo militia. In an investigative report published last November, our organizations discussed several massacres committed by this militia in the region, particularly in the Koro Circle.(1) The…

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Sudan: 30 women detained in inhumane conditions following involvement in protests

The detainees include members of opposition political parties, human rights defenders, journalists, teachers and doctors

The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and FIDH are deeply concerned about the safety of 30 women detained without access to lawyers or family members by the Sudanese National Security Intelligence Services (NISS) in Omdurman women’s prison. The detainees were targeted for their participation or suspected involvement…

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Zimbabwe: Human rights defenders at risk as elections approach

Preliminary findings of a field mission

Ahead of Zimbabwe’s much anticipated general elections scheduled on July 30, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders* (an FIDH-OCMT partnership) releases preliminary findings resulting from its most recent field mission conducted from July 9 to 13, 2018, in Zimbabwe, to assess the environment in which human rights…

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MALI : Terrorism and impunity jeopardize the fragile peace agreement (Report)

Almost two years after its signature, the Peace agreement of 20 June 2015 is today jeopardized by the strategy of armed jihadist groups, which is extending the conflict from North Mali to the regions in the Center and to neighboring countries

Read our report attached or follow the link : www.fidh.org/en/region/Africa/mali/terrorism-and-impunity-jeopardize-the-fragile-peace-agreement Almost two years after its signature, the Peace agreement of 20 June 2015 is today jeopardized by the strategy of armed jihadist groups, which is extending the conflict from North Mali to the regions in the Center and to neighboring countries.…

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Kenya: 2017 elections: broken promises put human rights defenders at risk

Publication of an International fact-finding report

The abduction, torture and killing of renowned Kenyan human rights lawyer Willie Kimani in June 2016 shocked the entire world, provoking a wave of outrage at national and international level. This is only the tip of the iceberg of a widespread pattern of violence and harassment aimed at silencing dissenting…

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