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Category Archives: Africa
Conflicts of interest and exclusion in Niger Delta oil spill investigation and clean-up
By Audrey Gaughran, Amnesty International’s Director of Global Thematic Issues, Madhu Malhotra, Director of Amnesty International’s Gender, Sexuality and Identity Programme, and Oluwatosin Popoola, Amnesty International’s researcher on Nigeria. We have just come back from the Niger Delta, where we … Continue reading
“I want my country back”
A young woman from Eritrea describes how her country’s joy of independence was smothered by a political stranglehold that is still keeping thousands of people locked up. “We are moving back to our home country, it’s a beautiful place – … Continue reading
Posted in Demonstrations, Eritrea, Press Freedom, Unlawful Detention
Tagged Armed conflict, dissent, forced conscription, youth activists
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Welcome to WIRE – Amnesty’s global campaigning magazine
Our huge recent win of a new global Arms Trade Treaty shows that when people take injustice personally, it can grow into a powerful force for change. In WIRE May/June, read interviews with people who have been arrested just for … Continue reading
Two years on, no justice for hate crime in South Africa
The ground is dusty and strewn with litter. Trucks trundle up and down the small track to the delivery gate of a busy hardware store in KwaThema, a town near Johannesburg in South Africa. Just a few metres away is … Continue reading
The death penalty in Africa: progress and setbacks
By Netsanet Belay, Amnesty International’s Africa Director “The last two executions carried out in the country were of 24 persons in 1998, and 29 persons in 1992. These were the largest number of executions carried out on a single … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Death Penalty
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