Human rights trends from East and Horn of Africa
Horn of Africa: humanitarian crisis needs quick response, Kenya wants refugees moved home to Somalia
Some 1,300 refugees are crossing into Kenya daily from Somalia, fleeing conflict and the region’s worst drought in 60 years. New refugee camps are rapidly needed. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has found alarmingly high rates of malnutrition among the Somali refugees arriving and settling on the outskirts of the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. The findings have prompted MSF to reinforce its medical intervention there. 16 Jul 2011 »
Ethiopia has a long way to go to achieve full implementation of civil and political rights
Ethiopia was reviewed on 11th and 12th July 2011 by the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The review made it obvious that the country is still very far away from meeting its obligations as stated in the covenant, which Ethiopia ratified in 1993. Right, the Ethiopian parliament. 12 Jul 2011 »
HRHF and partners step up their advocacy on Ethiopia
This week, Ethiopia is reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, on the domestication and implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Ethiopia ratified in 1993. In cooperation with a selection of relevant diaspora organisations, HRHF continues its advocacy on the human rights situation in the country, which continues to deteriorate. 11 Jul 2011 »
Ethiopia: two local and two Swedish journalists detained without charge
English PEN protests the incommunicado detention of “Awramba Times” deputy editor Woubshet Taye and “Feteh” columnist Reeyot Alemu, who were arrested on 19 and 21 June 2011 respectively. Neither has been charged to date but it is thought that both were arrested under Ethiopia's 2009 antiterrorism law, which allows for prison sentences of up to 20 years. On 30 June two Swedish journalists have been also detained without charge in eastern Ethiopia. 05 Jul 2011 »
-Violence against journalists leads to self-censorship, says new CPJ index
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has announced its annual Impunity Index. CPJ research shows that deadly, unpunished violence against journalists often leads to vast self-censorship in the rest of the press corps. From Somalia to Mexico, CPJ has found that journalists avoid sensitive topics, leave the profession, or flee their homeland to escape violent retribution. 05 Jun 2011 »
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