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Fighting between Ethiopian forces, rebels endangers Sudanese refugees: Rights group

Human Rights Watch officials say recent discussions in the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Committee highlighted the urgent need for a dedicated treaty to address crimes against humanity.  They expressly referred to Afghanistan, stating that such a treaty is essential for holding perpetrators accountable. They called for support of a draft resolution currently under consideration by the Sixth Committee for adoption. Richard Dicker, the founder of Hu…

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Tanzanian government on Wednesday to address the increasing human rights violations ahead of local elections in mainland Tanzania scheduled for November 27, 2024.  The country has recently witnessed several instances of arbitrarily arrested opposition supporters and the extrajudicial killing of at least eight government critics. HRW denounced the government for its extensive suppression of dissent, which in…

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Tanzania under pressure to address human rights violations ahead of local elections

Inequities in birth and maternal health between Black and white people persist in the South Florida medical system, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Wednesday. The group called for the Florida and US governments to address racism in the system, and to provide greater access to lifelong health care, maternal health and midwifery care for low-income people. Florida health data revealed that Black women experience substantially hig…

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Human Rights Watch has urged the Tanzanian government to take urgent steps to reverse the deteriorating human rights situation in the country ahead the November 27 local elections on the mainland. The international no-governmental organization said on Wednesday that since June, the authorities have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of opposition supporters, imposed restrictions on social media access, banned independent media, and have been implicat…

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Human Rights Watch urges Tanzania to reverse alleged abuses ahead of polls

According to Human Rights Watch, Since June the authorities have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of opposition supporters, imposed restrictions on social media access, banned independent media, and have been implicated in the abduction and extrajudicial killing of at least eight government critics.

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Human Rights Watch Calls out Tanzania authority for arbitrary arrests ahead of Elections

On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch released a report detailing its findings into the death of  Alejandro Muyshondt. The former security advisor to both the government of El Salvador and President Nayib Bukele died this February while in custody following drug trafficking charges in August of last year. Muyshondt was supposedly subject to an enforced disappearance before his death was reported. The report found that of the over 2000 pages of Muyshond…

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A lactation workshop at Esther McCant’s office in Miami, Florida, July 30, 2022.
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Inequities in birth and maternal health outcomes between Black and white people in the US state of Florida point to the need for range of efforts including greater support for doula care.Doulas of color are fighting for reproductive justice in the face of poor or no compensation and  lack of  respec…

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Gunmen invaded another town north of Haiti’s capital on Thursday, shooting at people and setting homes on fire, just a week after a massacre killed at least 115 people in the country’s central region. The number of casualties was not immediately known.

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Another town in Haiti comes under attack a week after gangs killed at least 115 people

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A Sudanese refugee washes his clothes at Kumer refugee camp, near Maganan, in Ethiopia's Amhara region, on March 1, 2024. 
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Recent fighting between Ethiopian government forces and militias in the northwestern Amhara region has put Sudanese refugees at grave risk.For more than a year, unidentified gunmen subjected the refugees to killings, beatings, abductions, and forced labor.The …

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Sudanese refugees face 'grave risks' from Ethiopia clashes: HRW

Israeli authorities should withdraw proposed legislation in parliament aimed at preventing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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