Rights & Freedoms
-
German Court Jails Man for Repeatedly Raping Sedated Wife
The 61-year-old, identified under German privacy rules only as Fernando P., was found guilty of aggravated rape, sexual coercion, dangerous bodily harm and other crimes.
-
Brussels Farmer Protest Turns Ugly as EU-Mercosur Deal Teeters
At least 7,000 farmers staged a mostly peaceful march through the capital’s European quarter, where the Mercosur deal loomed large over an EU summit focused on funding Ukraine’s war effort.
-
France Exonerates Women Convicted Over Abortions Before Legalisation
France decriminalised the voluntary termination of a pregnancy with the 1975 Veil Law, named after women’s rights champion and health minister Simone Veil, who championed legalising abortion.
-
Stalled Sierra Leone Abortion Bill Leaves Women Few Options
Approximately 91,500 illegal abortions were carried out in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to a report by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) published in 2024
-
Iran Nobel Winner Unwell After ‘Violent’ Arrest: Supporters
Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel prize, was detained Friday after addressing a memorial ceremony in the eastern city of Mashhad for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who was found dead earlier this month.
-
Kenya Celebrates Jamhuri Day: 61 Years Of Freedom
Jamhuri Day, observed every December 12, commemorates Kenya’s independence from Britain in 1963 and the country’s transition into a republic exactly one year later, on December 12, 1964
-
M23 Consolidates Control of DR Congo City, Bodies in Streets
Around 10 bodies were collected from the streets between Wednesday and Thursday, according to local sources and witnesses.
-
Eritrean NGO Welcomes Release of 13 Prisoners After 18 years
Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRCE) welcomed the release last week of 13 people, including an ex-Olympian and former police officers, who had been imprisoned for nearly 18 years without charge, trial, or access to a lawyer.
-
U.S. Announces Full Review of Bilateral Ties With Tanzania Over Rights Violations
The review comes amid growing international scrutiny following the EU Parliament’s resolution calling for accountability and the release of political prisoners.
-
EU Parliament Adopts Tough Resolution on Tanzania, Freezes 2025 Funding Plan
Several MEPs spoke about the violent crackdown on protesters, the imprisonment of nearly all major opposition leaders and the treatment of activists from Kenya and Uganda who were beaten and tortured for observing Tundu Lissu’s…
