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    37 Ethiopians among scores of foreign nationals at “imminent risk” of execution in Saudi Arabia: rights groups report

    Saturday June 21, 2025At least 37 Ethiopian men are facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia for drug-related offences, according to a joint...

    Somali opposition coalition condemns government’s role in Human Rights Commission selection

    Saturday June 7, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – The Somali Salvation Forum, a coalition of opposition political actors, has strongly condemned the ongoing process to...

    Human Rights Groups demand Kenya, Uganda to act over activists’ torture in Tanzania

    By Brenda WangaWednesday June 4, 2025A photo collage of activists Agather Atuhaire and Boniface Mwangi.Human rights groups are now asking Kenyan and Ugandan...

    Wadajir Party slams selection process of Somalia’s Human Rights Commission

    Monday June 2, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — The Wadajir Party, led by Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, has rebuked the ongoing process for appointing members to...

    UN urges Puntland to protect human rights during anti-ISIS operations

    Tuesday May 20, 2025UN human rights officials meet with Puntland police leadership in Garowe on May 19, 2025, to discuss rights protections during...

    UN expert urges Somalia to resume constitutional review, warns of deepening rights crisis

    Monday May 12, 2025Isha Dyfan, the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, delivers remarks during a press conference...

    Somalia, Saudi Arabia to fast-track migrant worker deal despite rights concerns

    Wednesday May 7, 2025Somalia’s Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Yusuf Mohamed Aden, meets with Saudi Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social...

    Kenya’s human rights record to be examined by UN council

    By Fridah NaliakaThursday May 1, 2025Riot police officers detain protesters demonstrating against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government...

    Somalia launches first-ever national human rights conference in Mogadishu

    Monday April 14, 2025Second Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdisalan Adan Ali, delivers the opening address at the country’s first National Human Rights...

    Mandheera elders ban khat, deny marriage and funeral rights to users

    Thursday February 20, 2025Vendors exchange bundles of khat (miraa) at a market in Kenya, where the stimulant leaf is widely cultivated and traded....

    Omar Faruk Osman re-elected as FESTU secretary-general, pledges stronger labor rights

    Mogadishu (HOL) — The Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) concluded its Fifth Quadrennial Congress in Mogadishu last week, marking a defining moment...

    National security vs equal rights: Leaders clash over Ruto’s ID policy

    By BRUHAN MAKONGTuesday February 11, 2025While some have hailed the decision ending vetting required for issuance of identification documents to residents of Northern...

    First migrant deportation flight to Guantánamo raises human rights concerns

    Thursday February 6, 2025In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire...

    Prime Minister Barre meets Palestinian Ambassador, reaffirms support for Palestinian rights

    Sunday February 2, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Prime Minister Hamsa Abdi Barre met with the newly appointed Ambassador of the State of Palestine, Rowaid...

    Ethiopia in ‘relentless assault’ on rights groups: HRW

    Thursday January 30, 2025FILE PHOTO: A person walks in front of Wukro General Hospital in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia, September 21, 2024. (Reuters)ADDIS...

    Rights groups in Kenya blame police for increase in abductions of government critics

    By Victoria AmungaWednesday January 15, 2025Protesters hold placards as they demonstrate against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government...