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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116045124im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-crop-200w-133h/media/images/report-covers/sudan1212_reportcover.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h"/></a></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/by-issue/publications/7">More >></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-region-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-taxonomy-landing-page-panel-pane-4 pane-taxonomy-news-listing"> <h2 class="pane-title">Africa</h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-panel_pane_4 view-taxonomy-news-listings view-dom-id-8"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/15/mali-islamists-should-free-child-soldiers">Mali: Islamists Should Free Child Soldiers</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 15, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Islamist armed groups occupying northern Mali should immediately release all child soldiers within their ranks and end the military conscription and use of those under 18. With France carrying out aerial bombardment since January 11, 2013, to block the Islamists from advancing farther south, rebel groups should remove children immediately from training bases in or near Islamist military installations.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/15/eritrea-mining-investors-risk-use-forced-labor">Eritrea: Mining Investors Risk Use of Forced Labor</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 15, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">International mining firms rushing to invest in Eritrea’s burgeoning minerals sector risk involvement in serious abuses unless they take strong preventive measures. The failure of the Vancouver-based company Nevsun Resources to ensure that forced labor would not be used during construction of its Eritrea mine, and its limited ability to deal with forced labor allegations when they arose, highlight the risk.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/13/sudan-end-crackdown-civil-society">Sudan: End Crackdown on Civil Society</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 13, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Sudan should immediately rescind its decision to shut down four civil society organizations in Khartoum in December 2012. The government should allow independent groups to operate freely and conduct peaceful protests.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/12/somalia-free-journalist-others-linked-rape-allegation">Somalia: Free Journalist, Others Linked to Rape Allegation</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 12, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Somali authorities should release a journalist and two other people linked to a woman who alleged being raped by state security forces. Police in Mogadishu have detained freelance journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim without charge for prolonged interrogations since January 10, 2013.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/10/last-chance-take-action-mercury-poisoning">Last chance to take action on Mercury poisoning</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Aminata D. is a self-confident, energetic 11-year-old girl who lives in southern Mali. When I meet her at the Worognan gold mine, she tells me that she never goes to school. Instead, she works in gold mining, using toxic mercury on a daily basis. She describes her work to me: "Once the ore is panned, you put a bit of mercury in. You rub the ore and the mercury with your two hands. Then, when the mercury has attracted the gold, you put it on a metal box and burn it."</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/10/mercury-treaty-last-chance-address-health-effects">Mercury Treaty: Last Chance to Address Health Effects</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A proposed international treaty to address the damaging effects of mercury should include specific provisions to protect the health of children and other vulnerable populations, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments are to meet in Geneva beginning January 13, 2013, for a fifth and final round of talks for the treaty. Mercury is a toxic metal that attacks the central nervous system and is particularly harmful to children.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/10/zimbabwe-rights-reforms-needed-elections">Zimbabwe: Rights Reforms Needed Before Elections</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Zimbabwe’s “unity government” is failing to carry out reforms in the country’s Global Political Agreement that are vital for the country to hold credible, free, and fair elections in 2013, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/04/last-nuba-again">Last of the Nuba, again?</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 4, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Central government forces in Sudan, under the country’s longtime ruler, Omar al-Bashir, use tactics against communities it believes support the SPLA-North that were characteristic of the conflict: indiscriminate bombing, assaults on civilians by soldiers and allied militia, and obstructing humanitarian aid.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/04/civil-society-crackdown-ethiopia">Civil Society Crackdown in Ethiopia</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 4, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">On 1 January 2013, Ethiopia took up its seat on the United Nations Human rights Council. The uncontested election – Africa put forward five countries for five seats – has raised some eyebrows, given the country’s own poor rights record. Elected member countries are obliged to ‘uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights’. Yet, in Ethiopia, hundreds of political prisoners languish in jails where torture is common and a crackdown on the media and civil society is in full swing.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/03/liberia-takes-action-cross-border-attacks-cote-d-ivoire">Liberia Takes Action on Cross-Border Attacks into Côte d’Ivoire</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In June, Human Rights Watch reported that dozens of former Ivorian and Liberian combatants loyal to the previous Ivorian government were using Liberia as a base to launch raids into Côte d’Ivoire. There, they targeted civilians perceived as supporting President Alassane Ouattara. We reported that since July 2011, attackers killed at least 50 people during these raids and displaced thousands more.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/7">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116045124/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116045124/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-10"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116045124/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130116045124/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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