Human rights

In Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina has announced that he will no longer appear before the judges. At the sixth hearing of his trial, on Friday 12 March, the opponent considered that he did not benefit from a fair trial and therefore refused to continue to participate. Once again, the Court rejected the objections raised by Paul Rusesabagina's lawyers. They had requested another six months to prepare his defense and investigate this file, according to them, particularly complicated, given that the opponent appears along with…

In Uganda, strong mobilization on social networks after the arrest on Tuesday of lawyer and human rights activist Nicholas Opiyo, as well as four other lawyers, all suspected of money laundering. The five men remain in police custody and many human rights defenders demand their release. with our correspondent in Kampala, Lucie…

The journalist died in custody in August 2019. Cameroonian authorities deny any act of torture. "The results of the inquest into the custody of the Cameroonian journalist Samuel Wazizi must be made public. This is the cry from the heart of two human rights organizations, Acat-France and Reporters Without Borders.Samuel Wazizi…

A Guinean opponent, detained since September in Conakry, died Wednesday night through Thursday, December 17. Roger Bamba, in his forties, was a member of the communications cell and youth leader of the Union for Democratic Forces in Guinea (UFDG), the largest opposition party, led by Cellou Dalein Diallo. He died a few hours after being transferred to the hospital in the capital. He was arrested after…

During the launch of the "10 days to sign" campaign, Amnesty International this year highlights the case of Germain Rukuki, a human rights activist in Burundi who was arrested in July 2017.

In Côte d'Ivoire, a sign of the still tense political climate, the government extended the ordinance banning demonstrations on public roads until 30 November. If the meeting on November 11 between Alassane Ouattara and Henri Konan Bedié made it possible to lower tensions slightly, nothing has been resolved. Many opposition leaders are still being detained and their parties in particular are demanding…

In Chad, a few days ago, we told about the discovery of the Chadian Convention for the Defense of Human Rights by a secret prison of the National Security Agency. CTDDH condemns a real death. The government talks about dungeons where prisoners are treated "very well". RFI found five former residents of this detention center, two of whom agreed to testify with their faces exposed.…

UN human rights experts are calling for the release of the main opposition leader Maurice Kamto and those arrested during protests organized by the opposition last month. In a press release, UN experts call on Yaoundé to release the president of Cameroon's Renaissance movement, Maurice Kamto, blocked in his home since Sept. 22. Officially, he is not the subject of any arrest warrant or house arrest, but according to his lawyers, he cannot leave his home. His residence is surrounded by hundreds of elements from the…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, civilian movements organized marches in all of the country's major cities to demand justice for the crimes documented in the Mapping report. Ten years after the publication of this report, recommendations have remained dead letters, and crimes remain unpunished. About 5,000 people demonstrated this Thursday, October 1, in Bukavu, South Kivu Province, to demand the creation of a special court for the DRC. Whistles in the mouth, vuvuzelas, streamers and even torches in hand, almost…

This report documents the responsibility of the Security Forces to suppress demonstrations against constitutional reforms. Movements that have killed at least 50 people a year, according to Amnesty International, which shows a number of killings of protesters and arbitrary arrests. This study focuses in particular on the demonstrations that took place in March last year, on the sidelines of the legislative and referendum polls in March last year. According to Amnesty, defense and security forces used firearms illegally in…