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Mozambican journalist arrested in jihadist-hit region
He was being held at a military prison with no access to lawyers, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Amnesty International.
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Sudan protests biggest threat yet to Bashir: analysts
Rights group Amnesty International has put the death toll at 37 and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an investigation.
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Netflix censorship risks helping Saudi crackdown - Amnesty
Netflix said it had pulled the episode after a 'valid legal request' in order to comply with local law.
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Racism, misogyny & homophobia flourish unchecked on Twitter - study
The study, done by Amnesty International, was conducted using 6,500 volunteers from 150 countries, who sorted through 288,000 tweets sent to 778 women politicians and journalists in the UK and US in 2017.
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Amnesty says over 3,600 killed in Nigeria's farmer-herder violence
The international human rights organisation said more than 2,000 were killed in 2018 alone, while the bloodshed had made thousands of other people homeless.
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[ANALYSIS] Human rights 70 years on: important victories as well as major misses
Human Rights Day might not be a reason for celebrations but it is a helpful reminder that a great deal is already anchored in frameworks that recognise human dignity and well-being.
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'We don't need their prize': Myanmar defiant as Amnesty pulls Suu Kyi award
Suu Kyi's international reputation as a rights icon is in pieces and Amnesty's move is the latest in a string of rescinded accolades.
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Indian police raid Amnesty office over ‘foreign fund violations’
The directorate said the international rights watchdog was suspected of having channelled $4.8 million into the country in violation of funding rules.
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52 die in Madagascar pre-trial detention in 2017: Amnesty
The rights group warned that 55% of the Indian Ocean island nation's prison population, around 11,000 people, were awaiting trial as of October 2017 despite many only facing allegations of minor crimes.
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Amnesty International condemns excessive use of force on Xolobeni residents
Last week, a community meeting in Xolobeni resulted in residents being tear gassed and allegedly manhandled by police.
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Amnesty International condemns arrests in Addis Ababa
The human rights watchdog says the crackdown threatens the new era of human rights gains in Ethiopia.
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Amnesty accuses Nigeria of carrying out unlawful arrests, detentions
The rights group said people suspected of links to the Boko Haram jihadist group, Niger Delta oil rebels and pro-Biafran activists had suffered a similar fate.
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Turkish court orders release of local Amnesty chair - Amnesty
Taner Kilic, who has been in jail for a year as his trial continues, is charged with supporting a US-based cleric whom Ankara blames for a July 2016 failed coup.
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Amnesty calls for probe of torture claims at Yemen detention centres
The UAE, a key US ally, says it has never run prisons or secret detention centers in Yemen. It and its Yemeni allies have denied past allegations of torturing prisoners.
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‘With Mugabe gone, there’s real opportunity for Zim to make fresh start’
Amnesty International says Zimbabwe can only thrive once human rights and the rule of law are guiding principles.
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Nigerian soldiers accused of raping women who fled Boko Haram insurgency
The human rights watchdog says the troops sometimes demanded sex in exchange for food at refugee camps.
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'Nigeria's military committed war crimes, crimes against humanity'
An Amnesty International report is based on hundreds of interviews and is replete with accounts of sexual violence, torched villages and other abuses.
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'Ongoing xenophobia in SA compounded by failed criminal justice system'
Amnesty International South Africa director Shenilla Mohamed says authorities have failed to root out hatred against refugees and migrants.
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Family of SA man living in Rwanda concerned about his whereabouts
Leon Orsmond's step-daughter Chelsey Orsmond says that his last Facebook post was on 16 February and she last heard from him on 29 January.
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Gambia announces moratorium on death penalty
Capital punishment is on the decline across Africa, where governments executed 22 people in 2016 compared to 43 the previous year, according to Amnesty International.
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Amnesty International calls for investigation into DRC police conduct
The organisation says one man has been shot dead by police in the town of Butembo while dozens more have been injured.
