Tag Archives: United Nations Special Rapporteur
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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A Response to Allegations Made against Me by Red Sea Fisher This is a brief explanation prompted by what has been said lately about me in a certain blog known as Red Sea Fisher, ostensibly administered by Eritrean government apologists. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Human rights in Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, International Business Times, Politics of Eritrea, Sinai Peninsula, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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Written by Endalk from Global Voices Thousands of ethnic Amharas in western Ethiopia are being expelled en masse from the country’s Benishangul Gumuz region, where many have settled, in what some are condemning as a campaign of “ethnic cleansing“. Ethiopia has been divided into nine ethnically based … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Special Reports
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amhara, Amhara people, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, United Nations Special Rapporteur, Youtube
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Press Release: OHCHR UN expert to assess human rights situation in Eritrea through neighbouring countries Banjul, – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, today regretted that the Eritrean Government continues to deny … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Banjul, Eritrea, Eritrean Government, Human rights in Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mauritius, Politics of Eritrea, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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Addis Ababa — The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concern about the safety of Reeyot Alemu, a jailed Ethiopian journalist and teacher. In a protest letter to Birhan Hailu, Ethiopia’s justice minister, Joel Simon, CPJ’s Executive … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, CPJ, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Feteh, IndepthAfrica, International Women's Media Foundation, Juan E. Méndez, United Nations Convention Against Torture, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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By Maina Kiai, The Star opinion Kenyans go to the polls in three weeks to choose a new president. Memories of election violence five years ago are still strong, and justice for those crimes against humanity has yet to be … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections, Kenyan, Kofi Annan, Uhuru Kenyatta, United Nations Special Rapporteur, William Ruto
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Farooque Chowdhury Hundreds of indigenous women and girls were murdered in Canada. To many, it’s a baffling fact. Recently, there were proposals in the UK parliament to expand the use of secret court hearings in civil cases. In Greece, migrants … read more »
Paris — The newly appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, urged the Eritrean Government to cooperate with an international mandate to provide “an objective, fair and impartial picture” of the human rights … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea
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Tagged Eritrea, eritrean news, Ethiopia, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Politics of Eritrea, Red Sea, United Nations, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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The newly-appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, on Friday urged the Eritrean authorities to cooperate with her mandate, as required by the UN Human Rights Council. “I hope that the Eritrean Government … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Eritrea, Eritrean Government, eritrean news, Geneva, Human rights, London, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today spoke out against the ongoing use of anti-terrorism laws to curb freedom of expression in Ethiopia, where several journalists were recently given prison sentences under such legislation. “Journalists play a … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Anti-terrorism legislation, Counter-terrorism, Ethiopia, Frank William La Rue, Human rights, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Special Rapporteur, United Nation, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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DCI/Palestine “is a national section of the international non-government child rights organisation and movement (dedicated) to promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children,” according to international law principles. On December 28, it submitted a complaint to several UN authorities … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Convention on the Rights of the Child, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Palestinian people, Petah Tikva, Solitary confinement, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo urged* Friday the UN community, donors and other stakeholders to address more directly the needs of the Somalian people by balancing between immediate humanitarian requirements and the promotion and protection of women’s human rights. … read more »
Uganda’s president should order an independent investigation into the killing of nine unarmed civilians by security forces during protests against inflation, more than 100 rights groups said in a letter to him on Thursday. The protests rocked the start of … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, East Africa, News, Uganda
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kizza Besigye, North Africa, Pan African News, Police, Protest, Reuters, Southern Africa, Uganda, United Nations Special Rapporteur, West Africa, Yoweri Museveni
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The United Nations investigator on torture plans to visit Tunisia next week to help transitional authorities ensure that torturers under the previous regime are prosecuted and their victims compensated. Juan Mendez, U.N. special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged Africa news, African news, American University, breaking news, East Africa, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorldIndepthNigeria, Juan Mendez, map of africa, News local news, newspapers, Noth Africa, Southern Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, United Nations, United Nations Special Rapporteur, West Africa, World news, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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