The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has received ...

Health and human rights groups are concerned about prison conditions in Swaziland, where alleged torture, lack of basic hygiene and unsafe sexual practices are spreading HIV among inmates. ”We want an ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Reporters Without Borders is alarmed to learn that the Swaziland high court hassentenced Bheki ...

As Al Jazeera’s own staff languish in an Egyptian prison having been sentenced to between seven and 10 years, other journalists, up and down Africa, are being arrested on a regular basis. Just last ...