Mexico’s New Ayotzinapa Report Points to Funeral Home in 43 Students Case
Mexico’s new Ayotzinapa report links an Iguala funeral home and morgue to the 43 missing students and names 17 new...
September 28, 2026Topic
Human Rights
Dominican Republic: Police Killed at Least 37 People in September
Dominican police killings reached at least 37 in September, a Diario Libre count shows, as the new chief tells criminals...
September 28, 2026
Venezuela Frees 24 Political Prisoners as Jail Deaths Top 60 Since April
Foro Penal says 24 political prisoners walked free over the weekend. A watchdog counts more than 60 Venezuela prison deaths...
September 28, 2026
Cameroon Convicts Rights Lawyer Alice Nkom, 81, but Spares Her Jail
Cameroon, ruled by Paul Biya since 1982, gave rights lawyer Alice Nkom, 81, a suspended jail term for removing state...
September 25, 2026
Togo’s Former Armed Forces Minister Is on Hunger Strike After a Year Without Trial
Marguerite Gnakade, Togo's former armed forces minister, has been held for a year without trial and has been on hunger...
September 17, 2026
Mali Jails Journalist Two Years Over Kidal Remark
A Bamako cybercrime court sentenced Le Témoin editor Abdrahamane Keïta to two years on 14 September over a television remark...
September 16, 2026
Kenya and Its Neighbours Are Reaching for Treason Charges Against Their Critics
Kenya has repeatedly used treason charges to frame dissent as a threat, from the June 2024 parliament storming to activist...
September 13, 2026
A UN Committee Says Governments Should Make Banks and Insurers Contribute Over Slavery
A UN committee asked governments to make banks, insurers and other institutions that profited from slavery contribute to reparations. The...
September 2, 2026
Ramaphosa Promises Arrests, but Cannot Put a Number on Them
South Africa xenophobic violence brought a presidential promise of arrests on 25 August, but no arrest figure, charge or named...
August 28, 2026