Browsing: Human Rights Violations
NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States (US) has called for an immediate and comprehensive investigation into allegations of mistreatment of two East African activists, Kenya’s Boniface…
JUBA, South Sudan — The United Nations (UN) human rights office reported on Friday 23, May 2025 that clashes between the South Sudan army and opposition…
MUTUKULA, UGANDA — Ugandan journalist and human rights activist Agather Atuhaire has been located alive after several days of incommunicado detention in Tanzania. Her family confirmed…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has publicly addressed his ordeal for the first time since his arrest, detention, and alleged torture by Tanzanian authorities,…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been released from detention in Tanzania after three days, a development that followed a formal demand for…
KAMPALA, UGANDA — A seasoned voice in Ugandan journalism, Timothy Kalyegira, has sparked a significant social media discussion with a pointed assessment of opposition activism and…
DAR ES SALAAM, TANANIA — Tanzania has reportedly restricted access to the social media platform X, internet monitoring organization NetBlocks announced on Tuesday. This development…
NAIROBI, KENYA — A coalition of rights campaigners in Kenya has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration, demanding the immediate release…
DAR ES SALAAM, TANANIA — Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan lawyer, human rights defender and journalist Agather Atuhaire have been detained in Tanzania…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Paul Ongili, known as Babu Owino, has publicly condemned the reported detention and subsequent deportation of People’s…