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AllAfrica News: Human Rights

• Mali: Rights Expert Calls for 'Immediate Release' of Former Officials Detained During Coup
  [UN News] An independent UN human rights expert has called on Mali's coup leaders to release former government officials, who have been detained for more than a month.
  
  
• Burundi: Human Rights Council Forty Fifth Session Interactive Dialogue On Burundi
  [OHCHR] Oral briefing Of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi*
  
  
• Lesotho: Improve Prison Conditions, Govt Told
  [Lesotho Times] The government must urgently fix the country's prisons and bring them up to the acceptable standards for human habitation.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Early Marriages Fuelling Gender-Based Violence in Makoni
  [Kubatana.net] Community members from Makoni have singled out early child marriages in Makoni as the major driver of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This came out during a Women Rights and GBV reporting training conducted by Heal Zimbabwe on 17 September 2020. The training was attended by 32 women drawn from ward 32 Headlands, in Makoni District, Ward 32 Councillor, Farai Mutokosi, four members from the local Zimbabwe Republic Police (Victim Friendly Unit) and four Traditional leaders.
  
  
• Nigeria: What Buhari Told UN General Assembly On Human Rights, Poverty Eradication, Others (Fulll Text)
  [Premium Times] The president spoke on his administrations efforts to address poverty in Nigeria and to ensure respect for human rights in the country.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: State Wants Opposition Politician Mamombe Mentally Assessed
  [The Herald] The State yesterday made an application for MDC Alliance legislator for Harare West, Joanna Mamombe, to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital for mental examination.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Opposition Politician Sikhala Granted Bail
  [The Herald] MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala has been granted $50 000 bail by the High Court and barred from posting audios and videos on any social media platforms, inciting violence and addressing any gatherings or virtual meetings until the finalisation of his case.
  
  
• Liberia: Lieti Boss Decries Lack of Access to Information
  [New Dawn] Difficulties in accessing information from government ministries and agencies is said to be hindering the reporting duty of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative or LEITI, Officer-In-Charge Jeffery Nukata Yates, discloses here.
  
  
• Malawi: MCP's Candidate Pledges Support to Persons With Albinism
  [Nyasa Times] Malawi Congress Party (MCP) aspiring candidate for Karonga Central Constituency Leonard Mwalwanda has said, as a Malawi loving individual, will make sure persons with albinism in the country are protected through advocacy once he is elected into power.
  
  
• Sudan: Geneva Institute for Human Rights and Sudan's Judicial Sciences Institute Sign Agreement
  [SNA] Khartoum -- The Geneva Institute for Human Rights at the headquarters of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sudan to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva signed a joint cooperation agreement with the Institute of Judicial and Legal Sciences of Sudan.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Don't Associate Perrance Shiri With 1980s Massacre - Mliswa
  [New Zimbabwe] CONTROVERSIAL Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa Tuesday urged other legislators to speak good about the late former Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri as it was inhuman to talk evil of someone who cannot defend themselves.
  
  
• Liberia: Pres. Weah Tells UNGA Govt Ever Determined to Address Liberia's Socio-Economic, Rights Issues
  [LINA] Monrovia -- In a speech delivered via video conference Monday at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), President George Weah said his Administration has taken many measures, since the previous Assembly, to deal with the persistent socio-economic problems that continue to challenge Liberia.
  
  
• Rwanda: Rusesabagina's Rights Are Fully Respected, Says Rights Watchdog
  [New Times] The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has said that terror suspect Paul Rusesabagina is getting treatment he is entitled to under the Rwandan laws and that his rights are being respected accordingly.
  
  
• Nigeria: Illegal Powers of AGF and Governors to Detain
  [This Day] The Criminal Ordinance imposed on conquered territories by the British 1colonial regime provided for the detention of people at the pleasure of His Majesty, the King of England. The few traditional rulers who challenged the ruthless exploitation of the resources of the territory of Nigeria and particularly the monopoly of coastal trade by foreign business tycoons were deposed and deported to remote areas in Caribbean Islands. It is on record that some of those traditional rulers died in exile. At the end o
  
  
• Sudan: Sudanese Artists Imprisoned for Pro-Democracy Chants
  [HRW] On September 18, a court in Khartoum sentenced five Sudanese artists to two months in prison and made them pay a fine of 5,000 Sudanese pounds (USD $90) on charges of "disturbing public peace" and "public nuisance," for chanting pro-democracy slogans at the police station. The case exposes serious flaws in Sudan's legal, criminal justice, and judicial systems.