Egypt: Swathes of content creators arrested, Human Rights Watch condemns
Large numbers of content creators in Egypt have been arrested in recent months, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
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Migrants abused in Mauritania amid EU-backed border controls
A Human Rights Watch report released on August 27 details widespread abuses against West and Central African migrants in Mauritania...
EU-funding fuels human rights abuses in Mauritanian borders
A recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigation has unveiled a disturbing pattern of human rights violations against West and Central...
NGO denounces Qatar over jailing of religious leader
Human Rights Watch has denounced Qatar's decision to sentence a religious leader within the country to five years in prison,...
140 killed by Congo rebel group human rights group says
At least 140 people were killed by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during July 2025,...
Indian government faces backlash over Muslim deportations
The Indian government is facing growing backlash over the deportation of hundreds of Bengali-speaking Muslims to Bangladesh, actions that rights...
Greece to deploy ship to Red Sea following Houthi attacks
Greece plans to send a salvage ship to the Red Sea to help with maritime emergencies and to safeguard both...
Human Rights Watch: Yemen’s Houthi ship attacks are war crimes
Human Rights Watch on July 23rd declared that Yemen’s Houthi rebels committed war crimes by carrying out fatal assaults that...
France urged to save free speech in Morocco
France has been urged to pressure Morocco into releasing citizens detained for free speech following another "outrageous" jailing of a...
Pro-junta militias linked to massacre in Burkina Faso
Human Rights Watch have again accused Burkina Faso's ruling military junta of being complicit in a massacre of civilians in...
Libyan authorities “crushing” civic space says watchdog
Free speech in Libya has all but gone, as unaccountable militias and a litany of draconian legacy laws continue to...
Human Rights Watch accused Israel of “acts of genocide”
Human Rights Watch has become the second major human rights organisation to describe Israeli acts with the word genocide, following...
War Crimes: Sudan militias rife with sexual violence says HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Sudanese militias fighting the government of war crimes, according to ArabNews and Agencies, on...
Malian forces and Russians accused of abuses against civilians
Human Rights Watch said in a report released on December 12th that Mali's armed forces and Russian Wagner fighters have...
Tunisia: Former presidential hopeful put in pre-trial remand
The crackdown on the opposition of the Tunisian president appears to be unrelenting to some observers as the judiciary takes...
