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Unrest in Ethiopia’s Gondar City Africa 

African Commission must act on Ethiopia, Eritrea and Gambia

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL The African Commission must act to curtail rapidly escalating human rights crises in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Gambia, Amnesty International said today at the start of the 59th Ordinary Session of the African Commission. “The crackdown on protestors which has claimed hundreds of lives in Ethiopia is a live example of how failure to effectively address a sustained and… Read More

Lesotho Chieftainship Case Goes to the African Commission

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9 September 2014, Maseru–Today, Senate Masupha, the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Lesotho) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) submitted a complaint to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) challenging a law providing for male-only succession to chieftainship in Lesotho. Masupha, the first born child of a chief, is challenging section 10 of the Chieftainship Act,... Read More