International Court to rule on case for justice for Rohingya
28/2/2022: Hearings at the International Court of Justice on Myanmar's objections to the case on alleged genocide against Rohingya Muslims have came to a close. The Court could take a year before it decides on whether the case can proceed.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Democratic resilience under pressure
23/2/2022: For the first time since 2004 the Bertelsmann Stiftung's Transformation Index counts more autocratically governed states than democracies. Civil society engagement offers a ray of hope directed in many places against rising levels of inequality and efforts to dilute democratic standards.
Source: Transformation Index
Victory for media freedom as Tanzania lifts newspaper ban
11/2/2022: The lifting of the ban on four newspapers that have been barred from publishing since 2016 and 2017 for exposing alleged corruption and human rights violations is a positive step. Tanzanian authorities can do more to guarantee media freedom.
Source: Amnesty International
Why press freedom and end to FGM are related in Somalia
7/2/2022: Press freedom and female genital mutilation (FGM) may be unrelated issues around the world but in Somalia stakeholders think achievement of one will depend on the other. Nine in every ten women in Somalia aged 15-49 have undergone FGM according to the UN Population Fund.
Source: The East African
Myanmar: World must act now to prevent further atrocity
27/1/2022: Ahead of the anniversary of the 1 February 2021 military coup in Myanmar, Amnesty International is calling on the international community to prevent further access to weaponry used to commit widespread human rights abuses.
Source: Amnesty International
Beijing Olympics begin amid atrocity crimes
27/1/2022: 243 nongovernmental organizations from around the world have urged governments to join a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics. The games will open amid atrocity crimes and other grave human rights violations by the Chinese government.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Burkina Faso military claims to have taken power
24/1/2022: A group of soldiers in Burkina Faso has ousted President Roch Kabore, suspended the constitution, closed the borders and dissolved the parliament. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the military's move.
Source: DW
China Winter Olympics: time for action on human rights
14/1/2022: Amnesty International has drawn attention to the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics as an opportunity to push for human rights improvements in China. The event will take place against a backdrop of myriad ongoing human rights violations in the country.
Source: Amnesty International
How democracy can defeat autocracy
14/1/2022: Autocratic leaders faced a significant backlash in 2021, says Kenneth Roth, executive director at Human Rights Watch. However, many democratic leaders have been too mired in short-term preoccupations to address serious problems such as climate change.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Egypt’s leading rights group forced to close
13/1/2022: A prominent rights group in Egypt, the Arabic Network for Human Rights, is ending operations following police arrests and threats against the network's team. A controversial new NGO law places severe curbs on the work of civil society groups.
Source: DW