Tag: Human Rights
World
COP27: Egypt pushed for a human rights initiative before climate summit
Before hosting the COP27 summit, Egyptian human rights organizations demand that their nation release political prisoners and open civic space.It comes in response to...
Independent Africa
UN Human rights team :Rape so common in South Sudan, women do not even bother to report
A United Nations human rights team says rape cases are now so frequent in South Sudan that many women choose not to bother reporting...
World
Vicky Bowman: UK ex-ambassador to Myanmar arrested
Myanmar's military authorities have arrested the UK's former ambassador to Myanmar, Vicky Bowman, and her husband.She has been accused of breaking visa rules, and...
World
Haiti gang violence: Children take shelter in school
Hundreds of children in Haiti are taking refuge at a high school in the capital Port-au-Prince after escaping gang violence that has claimed hundreds...
World
Kenya: Where toilets have become a constitutional right
In our series of letters from African journalists, media and communication trainer Joseph Warungu looks at a recent court ruling that could end some...