The UK Ministry of Justice released figures Thursday demonstrating a record number of suicides and other deaths in prisons in England and Wales in 2016. Many experts and politicians have attributed the findings...
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Following a clemency order issued by President Pierre Nkurunziza , Burundi's government began releasing scores of prisoners on Wednesday. Included in those released were prisoners accused of endangering state security. This group of 300 released prisoners is...
The Burundi government arrested six people on Saturday in connection with the murder of the country's water, environment and planning minister, Emmanuel Niyonkuru, who was shot in the head shortly after midnight on New Year's Eve. While...
UN committee urges Burundi to allow UN police to monitor human rights
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Monday urged the Burundi government to allow UN police officers into the country to monitor potential human rights abuses. CERD says it has deep concerns...
UN staff designated to investigate human rights violations in Burundi
The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Ambassador Choi Kyonglim , on Tuesday announced that the UN commission investigating human rights violations in Burundi is to be staffed by Fatsah Ouguergouz of Algeria, Reina Alapini...
UN rights chief urges nations to stand by ICC and Rome statute
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday called for the international community to stand with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after states have recently begun leaving the institution. The commissioner urged...
The Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement Wednesday expressing the government's decision to withdraw its signature from the Rome Statute, effectively leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In its statement, the government expressed disdain over...
The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) on Tuesday urged the UN and African Union to intervene and stop an impending genocide in Burundi. The plea for intervention is based on a...
South Africa justice minister submits bill to withdraw from ICC
The justice minister of South Africa on Thursday submitted a bill to parliament seeking withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Tshililo Michael Masutha , the Minister of Justice of South Africa, presented the bill due to...
The Gambian government announced on Tuesday that it will be leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC) . During the televised statement, Information Minister Sheriff Bojang criticized the court for ignoring western atrocities , referring to the ICC as "an...
