Zim rights violations are 'persistent and serious'

Zimbabwe is suffering "persistent and serious" human rights violations despite the formation of a unity government, Amnesty International says.

Guinean soldiers accused of human rights abuses

Guinea's new military junta must rein in soldiers who have carried out armed robbery, extortion and rape, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

Rights group documents mass rapes, killings in DRC

At least 90 women have been raped and 180 villagers killed over the past two months in the volatile eastern DRC, a rights group said on Thursday.

Kenyan police abuse Somali refugees, claims rights group

Hundreds of thousands of Somalis refugees in Kenya suffer extortion and abuse by corrupt and violent police, a human rights watchdog said on Monday.

Burma dismisses US rights report as 'inaccurate'

Burma's military junta angrily dismissed two recent US government reports critical of its human rights record as unfounded and politically motivated.

Sweep your own doorstep, Algerian minister tells US

The Algerian interior minister on Monday denied allegations of human rights abuses contained in a United States State Department report.

Human rights group calls for Syria to scrap 'kangaroo court'

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Syria to abolish its repressive security court, a "kangaroo court" whose verdicts cannot be appealed.

End of an era for the turbulent Amazon's priests

They avoid taking buses, make sure friends know their schedules, and rarely go out when it's dark.

Beyond the brink

Zimbabwe has fallen into chaos -- and there seems no chance of salvation.

DRC govt rejects rights report

The government of the DRC on Wednesday rejected a report by Human Rights Watch alleging it killed at least 500 suspected political opponents.