Articles Tagged with Abdoulaye Wade

Belarus parliament passed a bill on Thursday criminalizing propaganda of LGBTQA+ relationships, sex change, childfree lifestyle, and pedophilia, with punishment including fines, community service, or arrests. Belarus drafted the bill in February 2024. The bill will now go to President Lukashenko, who is expected to sign it. Belarus decriminalized the LGBTQA+ movement in 1994, following [...]

At least eight migrants deported from the US arrived in Uganda on Wednesday. The Ugandan foreign ministry admitted to accepting the deportees on Friday, only after widespread media coverage following a statement released by the Ugandan Law Society (ULS). On Thursday, the ULS and the East Africa Law Society released a joint statement announcing that [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on on Zimbabwean authorities to investigate harassment and violence against journalists which occurred during a public hearing discussing a bill to extend the President’s term limit. On March 30, journalists and citizens gathered in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, in the City Sports Center for four [...]

Amnesty International on Friday said that the Myanmar presidency must not shield Min Aung Hlaing from being held accountable, stating that “no individual should have immunity from prosecution for crimes under international law, no matter their position.” Min Aung Hlaing, the former head of Myanmar’s Armed Forces, led the 2021 coup that violently overthrew the [...]

United Nations human rights experts on Thursday called on Pakistan to immediately release activist Idris Khattak, stating that his continued detention and reported lack of medical care raise concerns regarding his health and the state’s obligations under international law. The statement came along with reports from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that party leaders were prevented [...]

French-Lebanese artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri, alongside the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), filed a civil party complaint in the French courts denouncing Israel’s army bombing a “civilian object” on Thursday. A civilian object is defined as any property not considered a military objective, including homes, schools, hospitals, transportation facilities, civilian infrastructure, and places [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday condemned what it called a coordinated online smear campaign targeting Moldovan journalist Viorica Tătaru, warning that the attacks reflect a broader pattern of harassment against independent media in Moldova. Tătaru, who reports for nonprofit network TV8, has been subjected to a wave of defamatory content and personal [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday called for the release of Angolan activist Serrote Oliviera, who the rights group said has been arbitrarily detained by local authorities. Oliviera, also known as “General Nila,” is the leader of the National Union for Total Revolution of Angola and has been in detention for over 250 days. According to Amnesty [...]

US District Judge James Boasberg denied a government motion to reconsider his March 11 order that quashed prosecution subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. Judge Boasberg found that the motion by the Department of Justice (DOJ) did not contain any new evidence or identify any material error in his previous order. He [...]

The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) requested Thursday that the United Nations secretary-general refer the crisis of enforced disappearances in Mexico to the General Assembly for consideration of response measures. The CED announced that since it began monitoring the situation in 2012 it had received “well-founded indications that enforced disappearances in Mexico have been [...]