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Zambia
Digital Rights
Zambian government secretly weaponizes cybercrime law with intrusive add-ons
On April 8, 2025, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema signed into law the Cyber Crimes Act 2025,updating the 2021 version with rather very intrusive provisions.
The...
Kenya
Freedom of Expression
AFEX urges the Kenyan government to help bring justice...
Over a week has passed since six journalists were teargassed and assaulted by police in Nakuru, Kenya, while covering the arrest of former Kakamega...
Somalia Free Expression and The Law
Trade Unions Drag Somali Government to ILO
This statement was originally published by nusoj.org on May 26, 2016
The International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Committee on Freedom of Association will be interrogating a...
Somalia Attacks
Somalia: UN Rights Experts Raise Alarm at Growing Persecution against Trade Unionists
GENEVA (4 May 2016) – A group of four United Nations human rights experts today urged the Government of Somalia to halt the continuous...
Angola Attacks
Angola: AFEX condemns Imprisonment of 17 Angolan Human Rights Activists
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is alarmed at the farcical conviction of 17 Angolan activists on charges of attempted “acts of rebellion”...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Another Witness pins Senior Police Officer a Journalist Assault.
Kampala, 14th May, 2015; A third prosecution witness has testified against the former District Police Commander of Old Kampala Police Station, Joram Mwesigye in...