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1.	Somaliland: Stop deporting Ethiopian refugees
	Author: Correspondant	Date Written: 4 September 2012
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Huaman Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/
	Key Words: refugees, Ethiopia, Somaliland, deportation
	Summary & Comment: Human Rights Watch says that the Somaliland authorities should immediately stop deporting Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers to Ethiopia. On August 31, 2012, dozens of Ethiopians, mostly women and children, were forcibly returned to Ethiopia in violation of international legal prohibitions against sending people to places where they might face p . . . [expand]
2.	Guinea: Deadlock over parliamentary elections
	Author: Correspondant	Date Written: 29 August 2012
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: IRIN
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org/
	Key Words: Guinea, governance, opposition, elections
	Summary & Comment: Political battles have intensified in Guinea after the government thwarted an opposition rally to demand free parliamentary elections, raising fears that a return to stability and development after years of dictatorship and misrule could be in jeopardy. Guinea has also been plagued by ethnic conflict. AA
3.	Ethiopia: Army commits torture, rape
	Author: Human Rights Watch	Date Written: 28 August 2012
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/
	Key Words: Ethiopia, Arbitrary Arrests, Beatings, Torture, Rape, Sexual Violence
	Summary & Comment: The Ethiopian military responded to an April 2012 attack on a large commercial farm in Gambella region with arbitrary arrests, rape, and other abuses against scores of local villagers. Forced displacement, inadequate resources, and other abuses against Gambella’s population persist in the second year of the government’s “villagization” program. M.M
4.	Uganda: Growing intimidation, threats to civil society
	Author: Correspondant	Date Written: 21 August 2012
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/
	Key Words: Uganda, NGOs, LGBT, human rights, governance
	Summary & Comment: Human Rights Watch said in a report released today that research and advocacy organizations in Uganda that deal with controversial topics are facing increasing harassment by Uganda’s government. The report documents increasing government attacks on organizations whose focus includes oil revenue transparency, land acquisition compensation, legal and . . . [expand]
5.	Justice in Senegal
	Author: Reed Brody	Date Written: 2 August 2012
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Huffington Post
	Secondary Category: Western Region	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/
	Key Words: Senegal, Hissène Habré, justice, Chad, Belgium, African Union
	Summary & Comment: Twenty-one years after his overthrow and flight to Senegal, the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré may finally face trial for brutality against his own people. On Tuesday, July 24, four days after the world court in The Hague ruled that Senegal must bring Habré to justice, Senegal and the African Union agreed on a plan for a special court to try . . . [expand]
6.	Even a ’Big Man’ must face justice
	Author: Correspondant	Date Written: 25 July 2012
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: Western Region	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/
	Key Words: human rights, justice, Charles Taylor, Liberia, Sierre Leone
	Summary & Comment: This 55-page report analyzes the practice and impact of Taylor’s trial by the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. The report examines the conduct of the trial, including issues related to efficiency, fairness, and witnesses and sources. It also examines the court’s efforts to make its proceedings accessible to communities most aff . . . [expand]
7.	Why Monitoring of the UN Convention Against Corruption matters
	Author: Shahnaaz Parker & Hennie van Vuuren	Date Written: 25 July 2012
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Institute for Security Studies
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.issafrica.org
	Key Words: corruption, South Africa, UNCAC, IRG, United Nations Convention Against Corruption, Implementation Review Group
	Summary & Comment: The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) is almost ten years old. The current phase of monitoring the implementation of UNCAC through a peer Implementation Review Group (IRG) is the crucial next step in ensuring that legal promises move beyond words to real sustained action. The first UNCAC review cycle is currently underway and So . . . [expand]