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Human Rights

Dozens tortured, disappeared and killed in counterterrorism operations abuses in Northeastern Kenya

Rights researcher Otsieno Namwaya told IBTimes UK of operation 'worse than Usalama Watch'

Jul 20, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Kenya

Human Rights

Thousands flee violence in South Sudan as UN expects 'numbers to keep growing'

5,000 asylum seekers flee to Uganda following South Sudan's recent violence.

Jul 19, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Conflict

Hundreds of children in Nigeria's Boko Haram-hit Borno starving, says Unicef

Unicef says at least 134 children will die every day if timely help is not reached.

Jul 19, 2016

By Nandini Krishnamoorthy

Nigeria Boko Haram

Human Rights

Kenya: Four police officers charged with the murder of rights' lawyer Willie Kimani

Three decomposing bodies were found stuffed in burlap sacks in a river a week after abduction of trio.

Jul 18, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Kenya

Migration

Migrant crisis: Asylum seekers severely beaten up at Hungary border, Human Rights Watch claims

HRW accuses Hungary of not complying with international standards on human rights.

Jul 13, 2016

By Nandini Krishnamoorthy

Politics

Theresa May: What are the new prime minister's views on Brexit, human rights, gay marriage and more?

IBTimes UK investigates the political record of the incoming premier.

Jul 12, 2016

By Ian Silvera

Theresa May David Cameron Vladimir Putin

Politics

Israel imposes curbs on human rights groups that receive foreign funding

Israeli parliament passes law targeting liberal rights groups.

Jul 12, 2016

By Nandini Krishnamoorthy

Israel

Human Rights

Torture in Burundi: Police said it 'would pull a tooth a day until I admitted I worked for human rights'

Former detainees told HRW Burundi's intelligence services has allegedly 'become increasingly vicious'.

Jul 7, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Burundi

Human Rights

Brazil: Rio state failed to address threat of extrajudicial executions by corrupt police

Police killed 645 people in Rio state in 2015, and more than 8,000 in the last decade

Jul 7, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Brazil

Human Rights

Brazil: Police killed 645 people in Rio de Janeiro state in 2015

Human Rights Watch claims police officers routinely cover up extrajudicial killings in Rio de Janeiro

Jul 7, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Brazil

Human Rights

Kenyan High Court hears details on torture and murder of rights lawyer Willie Kimani and associates

Initial reports suggest that Administration Police officers may have been involved in the murders.

Jul 6, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Kenya

Released Hong Kong Bookseller Lam Wing Kee

Politics

Hong Kong rules out sending back bookseller Lam Wing-kee to China

Hong Kong vows to protect Lam in the face of Chinese threat against him.

Jul 6, 2016

By Nandini Krishnamoorthy

Human Rights

Kenya: Willie Kimani autopsy reveals lawyer and associates were beaten and strangled to death

Three police officers are being held over offences relating to the killings.

Jul 5, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Kenya

Human Rights

Kenya: Human-rights groups call for police accountability in wake of 'unlawful' detentions

UPDATE: Bodies of rights lawyer Willie Kimani and his driver Joseph Muiruri allegedly found in Nairobi

Jul 1, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Kenya

Human Rights

Migrant crisis: France broke international law deporting dozens to high-risk countries

'These migrants have probably suffered inhuman treatment upon arrival,' human-rights groups have warned.

Jun 30, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

European Union

Human Rights

Burundi: Increased violence and incitement have 'ethnic conflict' overtones, UN warns

Leaders spark genocide fears with anti-Tutsi propaganda amid violent political crackdown.

Jun 30, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

Environment

Environmental Photographer of the Year 2016: Winners and shortlisted images

Stunning photos raise awareness of issues like sustainable development, pollution and human rights.

Jun 28, 2016

By David Sim

Photography Competition Pictures Best Picture Galleries of 2016

$Chad\'s dictator Hissene Habre trial$ Human Rights

Human Rights Watch: Ex-Chad president and dictator Hissene Habre 'was enabled' by France and US

'Africa's Pinochet' was convicted of crimes against humanity, rape, sexual slavery and torture in May.

Jun 28, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Libya

Human Rights

String of rapes in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp forces communities to set up vigilante groups

IBTimes UK investigates claims that Somali women and girls in the camp have been targets of sexual violence.

Jun 28, 2016

By Elsa Buchanan

Migration

Israel grants refugee status to first Sudanese asylum seeker Mutasim Ali

Interior Ministry says it was a unique decision as Ali hopes it is a turning point for Africans.

Jun 27, 2016

By Ludovica Iaccino

Israel Sudan

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