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Niger: crackdown on justice sector unions raises human rights concerns Niger Human rights defenders Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a collaborative initiative of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), strongly condemns the recent dissolution of five justice […]
The military junta in Burkina Faso recently declared the United Nations’ top representative in the country, Carol Flore-Smereczniak, persona non grata, following the release of a critical UN report on grave violations against children in the nation. Click to expand Image This expulsion marks the second instance of a high-ranking UN official being declared unwelcome […]