Once, the U.S. government used its influence to prevent human rights abuses overseas. Now, Washington is practically silent.

In May 2025, Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi was detained and allegedly tortured in Tanzania. A few weeks after his release, claims emerged that he had been abducted in Kenya. However, these claims ...

Activist and photojournalist Boniface Mwangi risks arrest after failing to appear in court to answer charges of assaulting ...

As opposition is silenced in East Africa, political leaders condone the torture of human rights defenders Boniface Mwangi and Agatha Atuhaire through silence and unacceptable statements.

Amid continuous gross human rights violations by oppressive regimes across the world, the silence by the vanguards of human ...

Tanzanian security forces stripped Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire naked, raped her and smeared her with excrement while ...

An arrest warrant has been issued against activist Boniface Mwangi over his failure to appear in court to take plea in an assault case.

An average, safe borrower like Uganda, whose total public debt is $30 billion, can borrow another 10 percent of that — $3 ...

Opposition activists from Kenya allege that they were detained and tortured in neighboring Tanzania. Leaders there don’t seem ...

The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers express deep concern over the recent arbitrary ...

Albert Ojwang’s death in Kenya marks a regional crackdown aiming to crush youth-led protests before they re-emerge.