Amnesty International has stepped up on behalf of women human rights activists, who disproportionately face discrimination and attacks across the globe for their work – including Malak al-Kashef, a 19-year-old Egyptian transgender activist who was arrested in March 2019 during protests in Cairo. Her case, in which she was charged…
Egyptian security officials have cracked down on dozens of political activists and human rights workers in recent weeks, the latest round in what Human Rights Watch says may be violations of international law. “They are arresting us all,” said a lawyer who told HRW that the lawyers and activists have…
Protesters took to the streets again Sunday night in Tunisia, where the disputed outcome of a football match has sparked three straight nights of demonstrations. The crowds in Gafsa, a troubled Tunisian crossroads city about 200 kilometers inland from Sfax, blocked streets and burned tires to protest a referee decision…
Climate activists gathered at COP23 in Bonn, Germany, walked out Monday as the United States government made an official presentation touting the role of coal in a sustainable energy future. Activists with SustainUS who coordinated the protest said more than 100 people walked out of the U.S. session. “This White…
African climate activists attending the COP23 conference in Bonn are vocal about condemning United States President Donald Trump and the U.S. pullout from the 2015 global Paris climate agreement. The U.S. is now the only country on earth refusing to honor the accord, which went into effect last October after…
Authorities in Cameroon announced Thursday that the army is being deployed to the country’s southwest Anglophone region ahead of planned protests on the country’s October 1 Unification Day. The decision by President Paul Biya was announced in a communique issued by Bernard Okalia Bilai, the governor in the country’s troubled…
A new human rights report on Chad finds a disturbing trend in government repression of rights activists, journalists, labor leaders and community organizers, Amnesty International said on Thursday. The “Between recession and repression: The rising cost of dissent in Chad” document looks at the increasing use of laws that restrict…
Mauritania has denied access to a group of American anti-slavery activists on a mission to West African nations, on grounds that their plans conflicted with Mauritanian law and had not been approved through proper channels. That group has nonetheless continued on their mission in Dakar, Senegal. “We are engaged in this…