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WWF vows an inquiry after new allegations of human rights abuses

WWF vows an inquiry after new allegations of human rights abuses

The World Wide Fund for Nature, accused by news media outlet Buzzfeed of funding anti-poaching paramilitary groups that kill and torture people in the fight to save wildlife, says it will take “swift action” if its own investigation finds the allegations to be true. The response followed a Buzzfeed story…

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Report calls Kenya to account on surveillance, human rights abuses

Report calls Kenya to account on surveillance, human rights abuses

A report that investigates the role of state-sponsored surveillance in Kenya charges that information gathered by authorities – outside of the procedures required by Kenyan law – is used to facilitate human rights abuses. That’s especially a concern as Kenya moves forward with the country’s 2017 elections, the report by…

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Burundi: Rights group investigates Imbonerakure, calls for targeted sanctions

Burundi: Rights group investigates Imbonerakure, calls for targeted sanctions

A report issued Thursday by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization calls for sanctions against individuals in Burundi responsible for summary executions, torture and other serious human rights violations. The HRW appeal follows an investigation and interviews with more than 20 victims, human rights activists and other witnesses who described…

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South Sudan: “these are abhorrent practices that must be halted”

“The constant attacks on women, the rape, enslavement and slaughter of innocents; the recruitment of thousands upon thousands of child soldiers; the deliberate displacement of vast numbers of people in such a harsh and poverty-stricken country – these are abhorrent practices that must be halted,” UN High Commissioner for Human…

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