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Mauritanian president speaks of « serious violations » of human rights in 1980s

Published: 30/Juin/2007
Source: Al Jazeera (via BBC Monitoring)

[Presenter] In the first address he delivered after taking office, Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdellahi has spoken bitterly of what he called large-scale human rights violations committed in Mauritania in 1989, 1990 and 1991. Ould Cheikh Abdellahi vowed […]

17 Years after, farewell to Oru camp refugees

Published: 28/Juin/2007
Source: This Day

Lagos — From July 1, refugees hitherto sheltered in the comfort zone of the Oru camp will have to face the challenges of a new lifestyle either in Nigeria or in their home countries where peace and nomalcy have returned […]

Ethnic Cleansing in Zimbabwe: The Origins and Objectives of the Zimamoza Institute

Published: 25/Juin/2007
Source: Zimamoza Institute (Harare)

Mission statement: We, the descendants of the migrant workers who came mainly from Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia; whose blood, sweat and taxes oiled the economic development of Zimbabwe; and who eventually became naturalised Zimbabweans due to old age, destitution, infirmity […]

Kenya: Deepak Chamanlal Kamani v. Principal Immigration Officer & 2 others

Published: 22/Juin/2007
Source: Kenya High Court at Nairobi

Kenya High Court at Nairobi, Petition No.199 of 207 [2007]  eKLR * Passport part of the right of Liberty and the right of movement under SS72(1) and 81(1) of the Constitution and its validity does not spring from any Executive […]

Nigeria: Oru camp winds up

Published: 19/Juin/2007
Source: This Day (Nigeria)

Oke Epia The Federal Government has set June 30 as deadline for the winding up of the Oru Refugee camp and a return of the land to Ijebu North local government area of Ogun State. This was disclosed by Acting […]

Mauritania: exiles sue former dictator over rights abuses

Published: 7/Juin/2007
Source: IPS

A group of Mauritanian exiles living in New York has come forward to accuse the former ruler of their country of « gross violations of human rights. » They are challenging their country’s justice system even as they charge the former ruler […]

Ethnic cleansing in Mauritania

Published: 5/Juin/2007
Source: IRIN

FARAI CHIDEYA, host: On Africa’s northwestern coast sits Mauritania. It straddles the continent’s black African south and Arab north. From 1989 to 1991, the former French colony experienced ethnic cleansing similar to what’s happening now in Darfur, Sudan. The country’s Arab […]

CMW Observations finales: Egypte, 2007

Published: 25/Mai/2007
Source: UN Comité pour la protection des droits detous les travailleurs migrants

CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 34.Le Comité regrette que les enfants nés en Égypte de travailleurs migrants, en situation régulière ou irrégulière, ne reçoivent pas de certificat de naissance de l’état civil égyptien, en violation de l’article 29 de la Convention, qui dispose que […]