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 The South African Department of Defence on Friday announced an investigation into accusations that officials failed to follow President Cyril Ramaphosa’s instructions on Iran’s role in a multinational naval exercise. The ministry, led by Defence Minister Angie Motshekga, said its authorized Board of Inquiry must establish what occurred and submit a report within seven days [...]

UN human rights experts have called on Egypt to lift ongoing restrictions on human rights defenders who have been released from detention, in line with international human rights standards.  The special rapporteurs warned that many face travel bans, frozen assets, and continued inclusion on the country’s terrorism watchlist, preventing them from resuming normal life despite [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a 20-year prison sentence on Tuesday to former Janjaweed militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Darfur region of Sudan. Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, was found guilty of 27 counts, including murder, rape, torture, persecution and pillaging. [...]

The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to begin serving his prison sentence in Paris next week, following a court decision last month sentencing him to five years in prison. The Correctional Tribunal of Paris found Sarkozy guilty of a criminal association with an organized scheme to illegally finance his 2007 presidential election campaign. [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned the killing and injuring of scores of civilians in El Fasher, following attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement,  Türk noted that the repeated calls to the RSF on protecting civilians have not been upheld by the paramilitary group that instead [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, better known as Ali Kushayb, a former Sudanese militia chief, of 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in massacres and atrocities in Darfur region in 2003 and 2004. Guilty verdicts included for the war crimes of torture, murder [...]

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy, according to local media. Although he was acquitted of some corruption allegations, the Correctional Tribunal of Paris found Sarkozy guilty of a criminal association with an organized scheme to illegally finance his 2007 presidential election campaign. The decision has [...]

A German regional court sentenced a former Syrian doctor to life in prison Monday for crimes against humanity, war crimes and murder. The Syrian national, identified as Alaa M., had been actively involved in the Assad regime’s crackdown on opposition members. According to the judgment, he tortured and sexually abused his patients in this context, [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on Jordanian authorities to reverse a sweeping ban on 12 online news outlets accused of “spreading media poison and attacking Jordan” after they reported that the government profited from humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza. CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program director Sara Qudah stated: “These [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern Friday over the deepening human rights crisis in and around El Fasher in North Darfur, calling for civilians to be allowed to leave and to be protected by both warring parties. Through a press release, Türk stated that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified [...]