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The Forgotten Victims: Enforced Disappearance in Africa

The Forgotten Victims: Enforced Disappearance in Africa

Enforced disappearance has been used as a tool of oppression all over the world in the context of internal armed conflicts; its use in Africa can be traced back to colonial times, when many colonial governments disappeared freedom fighters. Today, many African States use enforced disappearance in a range of… Read More

Dissent

Dissent

We challenge torture that is used to suppress activism and protest Torture is used with impunity against human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, protesters, and activists, particularly climate and environmental defenders. This often takes the form of police brutality. As authoritarianism has risen around the globe, the use of torture to crush dissent has also increased, including through the inappropriate use of… Read More