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AllAfrica News: Human Rights

• Zimbabwe: Mahere Granted $10,000 Bail
  [New Zimbabwe] MDC spokesperson Fadzai Mahere has been granted $10 000 bail by Harare magistrate Trynos Utahwashe after spending an entire week behind bars.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader Mahere Granted Bail
  [The Herald] MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has been granted $10 000 bail by Harare magistrate Mr Trynos Utahwashe.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Angry Over Envoy's Failure to Denounce U.S. Riots
  [New Zimbabwe] The ruling party Zanu-PF has been angered by the failure of the United States of America's envoy to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols to denounce the recent violent protests at the Capitol Hill in Washington DC, which left six five people dead and scores injured.
  
  
• Uganda: Monitor Journalists Share Their Experiences On Campaign Trail
  [Monitor] My arrest was the turning point"My arrest on December 30 in Kalangala District proved to me the saying that a dead journalist cannot tell a story. It was sad seeing my story being told by someone else even after I had followed up the details for more than 11 hours. That was my worst experience on the campaign trail with National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine.
  
  
• Malawi: HRDC Slams Tonse On Covid-19 Response
  [Nyasa Times] Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC has expressed disappointment with the Tonse government's lacklustre response to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, saying the current efforts are inadequate.
  
  
• Africa: Musu Bakoto Sawo Emerges 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year
  [Daily Trust] Musu Bakoto Sawo, a Gambian changemaker and tireless women rights advocate, has emerged winner of the 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year award.
  
  
• Cameroon: Cameroon Court Denies Request to Release Opposition Leaders
  [HRW] Free Arbitrarily Arrested Opponents, Ensure Freedom of Assembly
  
  
• Uganda: LGBT+ Ugandans Find Camaraderie, Hope and Despair On Election Day
  [Thomson Reuters Foundation] Gay voters in Uganda are anxious after President Yoweri Museveni called homosexuals a "deviation"
  
  
• Uganda: Election - Bobi Wine Says Military Raids Home
  [DW] Presidential candidate Bobi Wine has tweeted that he is 'under siege' as the military enters his home. This comes hours after Wine disputed partial election results showing President Yoweri Museveni in the lead.
  
  
• Uganda: Vote Count Underway in Contested Presidential Election
  [DW] Bobi Wine, a 38-year-old musician, is the frontrunner seeking to replace long-time leader Yoweri Museveni, who eyes a sixth term. Voters headed to the polls amid an internet blackout.
  
  
• Tunisia: Wounded of the Revolution Still Struggle 10 Years On
  [JusticeInfo.net] Ten years after the victory of the Tunisian Revolution on January 14, 2011, the authorities still have not published the official list of wounded and martyrs of this event. About a dozen of them have been organizing a sit-in in Tunis since December 26. They have alerted the media, attempted a hunger strike and sewn up their lips. So far in vain.
  
  
• Kenya: Landmark Ruling Beams Ray of Hope On SGBV Survivors in Pursuit of Justice
  [Nation] A recent landmark ruling in favour of four Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) survivors of the 2007/08 post-election chaos has given hope to thousands of survivors in the country yet to get justice.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: 'Arbitrary Arrests Spell Doom for 2021 Human Rights Situation
  [263Chat] The continued arrest of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's critics has raised the ire of human rights organisations who say this continued trend spells doom for the 2021 human rights picture in Zimbabwe.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Jacob Mafume Granted Bail
  [263Chat] Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has been granted ZWL$40 000 bail after being behind bars since 11 December 2020 for allegedly trying to bribe a witness in his court case.
  
  
• Nigeria: Idiocy of Underage Married Girls' Suffrage
  [This Day] Just when you think that you've heard or seen the worst of government's bizarre pronouncements, you are suddenly faced with the rude awakening that this government is eager to break its own worst record. Have you heard that the National Assembly Joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Matters has proposed that INEC should allow underage girls forced or lured into early marriage to vote in elections?