Tag Archives: Human rights
The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) today adopted a resolution on Eritrea, increasing the scope of the mandate for the UN Special Rapporteur, who will now also present her groundbreaking report on the human rights situation in Eritrea to … read more »
Posted in Article, Comoros, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Eritrea, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, New York, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council
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(Nairobi) – The Somali parliament should revise the draft law establishing a national human rights commission to ensure a robust, independent body with a broad mandate and enforcement powers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Parliament should … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged Conscription, Human rights, Human Rights Commission, Human rights in Somalia, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Justice Ministry, Somalia
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Selam Kidane To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter Euripides Of all the things Eritrean that happened at the UN Human Rights Council last week young Abbie Seyoum’s unremitting quest for the whereabouts of her … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Eritrea, Ethiopia, Father's Day, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, People's Front for Democracy and Justice, Sigmund Freud, United Nations Human Rights Council, Young People's Front for Democracy and Justice
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The Eritrean government is still collecting taxes from expatriates in Canada to bankroll its military regime, despite being warned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to stop, a human rights group alleges. New documents appear to show the Consulate General … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, David Matas, Eritrea, Eritrean Government, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Eritrea, toronto, United Nations Security Council
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The international community must keep Eritrea under “close scrutiny”, an independent United Nations expert said today, stressing the need to fundamentally transform the East African nation’s “current culture of rights denial.” “Blatant disrespect for human rights in Eritrea is unacceptable,” … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Djibouti, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Human rights, Human rights in Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, Keetharuth, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur
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Eritrea rejects in the clearest of terms Amnesty International’s wild accusations that it has “jailed at least 10,000 political prisoners.” Amnesty’s transparently political assault on Eritrea is totally unsubstantiated, with the organization unable to back its claims with facts. It … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Amnesty, Amnesty International, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Political prisoner
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Twenty years after its independence, Eritrea’s prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners, locked up without ever being charged with a crime, many of whom are never heard from again, Amnesty International said in a report released today. Twenty … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, Arbitrary arrest and detention, Claire Beston, Eritrea, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Political prisoner, Prison
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By Eskinder Nega (From Kaliti Prison) “So that I may do the deed That my soul has to itself decreed.” – Keates Individuals can be penalized, made to suffer (oh, how I miss my child) and even killed. But democracy … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Democracy, Eskinder, eskindernega, Ethiopia, Horace, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Stalinism, United States
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Dear All, You are cordially invited to attend a Conference Discussion Sharing Forum about “Land Grabbing in Africa” with its devastating catastrophic effects it puts on the People of Africa which in effect is causing harm and is hindering sustainable … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Letters & Interviews, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African people, Congo, Ethiopia, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivory Coast, Land grabbing, Pan-Africanism
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Ethiopia is prepared to start a genocide against its LGBT citizens, according to a religious group affiliated with the government of the African nation. Details follow. According to GayStarNews: Government officials, religious leaders, leading heath professionals, charities and members of … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Capital punishment, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Game Show Network, Homosexuality, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, LGBT, Religious denomination
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Local Ethiopian Community Invited to Attend Meeting, Allege They Were Kicked Out for Protesting Ethiopian Government’s Human Rights Abuses By Anna Daniels Lines of taxicabs were parked along Fairmount Avenue in City Heights yesterday afternoon–Sunday April 28. Police cars were … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, los angeles, Meles Zenawi, Politics of Ethiopia, San Diego, United States
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In the regional dispute related to the topic of the Sahara, Morocco maintains the course set by the Security Council with the primary goal of achieving a mutually acceptable political solution, and all this through negotiation. In this respect, Morocco … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Op-ed, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Human rights, Morocco, Sahara, Sahrawi people, Security Council, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Western Sahara
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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, will carry out an official visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti from 30 April to 9 May 2013 to collect information directly from Eritrean refugees on … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Human rights, Human rights in Eritrea, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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The US government has criticised countries in the East African region for their continued human rights violations and political oppression in its annual report on human rights practices around the world. The US state department’s 2012 Country Reports on Human … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Red Sea, Somalia, United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
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by Alemayehu G. Mariam “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”, said Edmund Burke. But what happens when evil triumphs over a good young woman journalist named Reeyot Alemu in Ethiopia? Do … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amnesty International, Ethiopia, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, International Women's Media Foundation, Meles Zenawi, Reeyot, World Press Freedom Day
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By Mesfin Mekonen Over 1,000 Ethiopians and Ethiopian-Americans demonstrated in front of the White House last week to protest the Ethiopian government’s human rights abuses to Amhara Ethiopians. The protests demanded a stop to the forced displacement of Ethiopians. Protestors … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, Johnnie Carson, Washington Post, White House, World Bank
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On April 15 heads of Moroccans political parties held a meeting to discuss the groundbreaking draft resolution for human rights in Western Sahara. The meeting was devoted to the latest developments regarding the National Question in the United Nations, and … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Op-ed, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Sahara, Spanish Empire, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, United States, Western Sahara
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By Aaron Berhane When is the Vancouver-based mining company, Nevsun Resources Ltd., going to do business ethically? When will it admit to knowing about its gross human rights violations in Eritrea? The Eritrean Canadian Human Rights Group testified at an … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, British Columbia, Eritrea, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Minister of International Trade, Nevsun Resources, Politics of Eritrea
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By David Pred A multi-billion dollar aid program administered by the World Bank is underwriting systematic human rights abuses in Ethiopia. Last September, Ethiopian victims submitted a complaint about the program to the World Bank Inspection Panel, which is tasked … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged bank, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, European Commission, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Jim Yong Kim, PBS, Politics of Ethiopia, World Bank
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(AFP) GENEVA — The United Nations will appoint an independent expert to investigate and help improve the human rights situation in war-torn Mali, the UN Human Rights Council decided Thursday. The 47 members of the UN’s top human rights body … read more »
Here in Ghana, it is a taboo to have sex through the anus except the vagina. In fact most religious orientations are quick to spew the consequences one is likely to suffer. Even though our morals and values intertwine, Africa … read more »
Posted in Article, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Andrew Solomon, Arab Spring, Ghana, Homosexuality, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Middle East
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Helen Epstein, nybooks AFP/Getty Images Workers at a Saudi-owned rice farm in Gambella, Ethiopia, March 22, 2012 In 2010, the Ethiopian government began moving thousands of people out of the rural villages where they had lived for centuries to other … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Gambella, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Politics of Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, United States, World Bank
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March 13, 2013 Ethiopian National Defense Forces Killed 6 Civilians, including US citizen in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. __ __________________________ Press Release (Vancouver BC Canada)— On March 2, 2013, seventeen Anuak men were ambushed by Ethiopian National Defense Forces … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anuak, Anuak people, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Gambella, Gilo River, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, United States
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HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean police have increased threats against civic groups a week away from a referendum on a new constitution and before crucial elections to end the nation’s shaky coalition later in the year, rights organizations said Saturday. An … read more »
By Messay Kebede What is wrong with Africa? Save for a few promising exceptions, why has Africa become the land where dictatorships, disrespect for elementary human rights, economic mismanagement, corruption, nepotism, ethnic confrontations, etc., proliferate and endure? This total and … read more »
Posted in Article, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Advocacy Organizations, African people, Christianity, Human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, West, Western world
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ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia has unveiled its first Human Rights Action Plan, with the goal of ensuring human rights in the East African country. Activists have long complained about the Ethiopian government’s record of quashing political dissent and freedom of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council
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It is a key role of any government to maintain law and order on behalf of the whole society; to hold people to account for crimes they have committed and to ensure that justice is done – and seen to … read more »
Thomas O’Bryan The United Nations stands behind its proud record of promoting the universality and indivisibility of human rights, and for many decades the institution has played an incredibly value role in promoting peace and stability around the world. However, … read more »
Posted in Article, Morocco, North Africa
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Tagged Human rights, IndepthAfrica, International Court of Justice, Politics of Morocco, Saharawi, Sahrawi people, United Nations, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, Western Sahara
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Ethiopia’s long-ruling leader died half a year ago, but it seems Meles Ze-nawi still holds on to power. In the capital, his face looks down from hundreds of posters plastered on walls, and government representatives vow to implement the late … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Associated Press, Counter-terrorism, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Government, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia
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Ethiopian authorities have banned three civic organisations, accusing the NGOs of engaging in activities that break 2009’s Charities and Societies Proclamation law. The Ethiopian government alleged that the three NGOs were banned as a result of conducting “illegal religious activities” … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Civil Society, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Islam, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Non-governmental organization, Organization, Sudan Tribune
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