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[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/niger-human-rights-military-coup/ by AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 13/1/25] | [https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/niger-human-rights-military-coup/ by AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 13/1/25] | ||
“Upon taking power, the new authorities justified their coup on a continued worsening of the security situation and poor economic and social governance. They made a commitment to respect the rule of law and human rights. Our report shows that they have clearly failed, with a sharp escalation of human rights violations since the coup. They must now keep their commitment”, said Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Interim Regional Director for West and Central Africa. | “Upon taking power, the new authorities justified their coup on a continued worsening of the security situation and poor economic and social governance. They made a commitment to respect the rule of law and human rights. Our report shows that they have clearly failed, with a sharp escalation of human rights violations since the coup. They must now keep their commitment”, said Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Interim Regional Director for West and Central Africa. | ||
=====Military courts: The front line of Uganda’s war on dissent===== | |||
[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/04/military-courts-the-front-line-of-ugandas-war-on-dissent/ by AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 18/4/25] | |||
On November 16, 2024, opposition politician Kizza Besigye and his aide Obeid Lutale were abducted in Nairobi, Kenya. Four days later, they resurfaced in Uganda’s capital Kampala arraigned in a military court on security charges. Rendered to Uganda, in clear violation of international laws prohibiting extraordinary rendition and due process, the two civilians faced military justice. | |||
