YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Cameroonian security forces are not protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex, or LGBTI, people from violent attacks and are instead arresting victims.HRW said in a report this week th…
Continue ReadingLEAP Officers making their presence feltWestern Cape Minister of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen, is pleased to note how the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officers are continuing to combat crime in hotspots where they’ve b…
Continue ReadingJournalists in both Sudan and South Sudan say threats, intimidation and arbitrary arrests are part of everyday life, limiting their ability to inform the public.South Sudan ranks 128th and Sudan ranks 151st out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Bor…
Continue ReadingAt least 30 Burundian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured in Tuesday’s attack by al-Shabab militants on an African Union base in southern Somalia, according to a Burundian official.The official, who requested anonymity because he is not allowed …
Continue ReadingThe literary writer’s organization PEN America is expanding its support of writers around the world who face imprisonment for their work by hiring human rights advocate Liesl Gerntholtz to head the new PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center.The new center …
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