Social & Human Affairs Bound

Algiers, June 19, 2020 (By Amal Belalloufi, with Philippe Agret in Tunis) - Algeria has intensified a crackdown on an anti-government protest movement, targeting social media users in a bid to stop demonstrations resuming once coronavirus restrictions end. Weekly...

Rome, June 17, 2020 - The German NGO Sea Watch rescued around 100 migrants off of Libya on Wednesday, saying the Libyan coastguard would have turned them back to shore if the humanitarian group had not intervened. The dinghy was found 29 nautical miles off Zawyia, 40...

Amnesty International demanded Thursday that Egypt stop its "harassment and intimidation" of frontline medics for speaking out during the coronavirus pandemic. The rights group documented the cases of eight healthcare workers, including six doctors and two...

Abidjan, June 12, 2020 - Human Rights Watch on Friday described as a "war crime" the summary execution of two alleged Boko Haram fighters in southeastern Niger last month. The human rights organisation investigated images circulating on social media of two men being...