Egypt ‘torturing HIV sufferers’

Egypt ‘torturing HIV sufferers’

HIV-positive Egyptian men are tortured and chained to hospital beds while awaiting unfair homosexuality trials, a human rights group has claimed.

Kenya’s children scarred by violence

Kenya’s children scarred by violence

By Matt Prodger BBC News, Nairobi

Van is 13-years-old and comes from the town of Eldoret – one of the flashpoints of Kenya’s recent ethnic violence. As he talks about the events that befell his family a fortnight ago, his voice drops to a whisper.”My mother was attacked by men with machetes. I didn’t see it – when I arrived, there was only blood on the floor.”

Survivors recall church inferno

Survivors recall church inferno

A Kenyan mother escaped from Tuesday’s church arson attack in the town of Eldoret, only to see her young child tossed back into the flames.

Nigerian Security Forces Crackdown on Islamic Movement in Sokoto

Nigerian security forces crackdown on Islamic Movement in Sokoto
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Islamic Human Rights Commission
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Taken from: http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2892

20 August 2007

Following the death of a popular Sunni cleric in Sokoto, Shia community is persecuted in the region at the hands of Nigerian security forces.

Alert: Nigerian security forces crackdown on Islamic Movement in Sokoto

1. Background

On 18 July 2007, Umar Danmaishiyya, a popular Sunni cleric, was shot in the head whilst leaving his local mosque in a motorbike taxi by unknown gunmen driving a black SUV. He died the following day in hospital. Following the incident, one of the two men suspected of having carried out the shooting was lynched, while the other went missing. In a wake of violence following the assassination, Shia groups were reported to have been attacked in residential areas by mobs carrying machetes, and several homes were destroyed.

Who Violates Human Rights the Most?

Who violates human rights the most?

By Paul Reynolds World Affairs correspondent, BBC News website

The annual Human Rights report issued by Britain’s Foreign Office lays particular stress this year on the denial of human rights by terrorist groups and not just governments.

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who introduced the report himself, told a mixed news conference of reporters and human rights activists: “We must look at non-state forces as well as state forces when we look at human rights.”