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DRC: When security forces track “compromising” anti-regime images in cell phones
By Prince Murhula In the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of people were arrested after their phones were subjected to impromptu searches by security forces. This practice was deemed illegal by human rights defenders “I was arrested because I had a picture of a caricature of Kabila in my phone with a caption that said
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Celebrating African Women’s Day – July 31st
The African Union designated July 31st as the African Women’s Day after the first Pan-African Women’s Conference in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1962. The goal of the day is to celebrate and honour African women’s achievements and reflect on women’s rights. To commemorate African Women’s Day, JHR would like to celebrate and acknowledge exceptional
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The Mandela that I Know, by Siyabulela Mandela
Siyabulela Mandela is the Team Leader for Journalists for Human Rights in South Sudan and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in International Relations and Conflict Resolution in the Department of Politics and Conflict Studies at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. This working paper was written for the George Mason University in the US Ah
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July 18: Rachel Pulfer on what Nelson Mandela means to her
By Rachel Pulfer, Executive Director JHR I was very young when I first heard the name Nelson Mandela – six or seven. My family had recently moved to Lesotho, a small mountainous kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa, and it was the early 1980s. I knew he was in jail, and I knew he was
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Community Organization Calls for a Balanced Approach over Covid-19 Pandemic in South Sudan
(JHR trained journalist John Agok of Agamlong NewsPaper) The government should not spend all money on Covid19 measures while neglecting other priorities such as other urgent medical attention, relief services for people cut off and those participating in essential agricultural activities. “The government’s failure to provide clean drinking water, food security, and health services to
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Why #BlackLivesMatter at JHR and what we can all do about it
For those who care about racial equality, this has been one of the toughest weeks in living memory. Protests calling for justice for the deaths of too many Black men and women at the hands of police, most recently George Floyd in Minneapolis, erupted across North America. While many of the protests have been
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