Amnesty Eastern Africa

Amnesty International in East Africa, the Horn, the Sudans and the Great Lakes.

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

Do you know your rights when dealing with the police service in your country? In this episode, we discuss police and human rights in Africa. Tune in. @beryl_orao @wilkerDias13 @nyamoriv https://t.co/7T2YLXeVQO

[hanna ali @alihanna71]

Sadia Moalim Ali (Sacdiya Bajaaj), a young Somali woman driving a bajaj to survive and support her family, has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for peacefully speaking out against corruption, unemployment, and injustice. After nearly 3 months in custody, her voice is silenced.
Somalia’s youth make up ~70% of the population yet face no real jobs, education, or opportunities to shape their future or join systems that could change things. Many risk their lives at sea as their only hope. Now even their right to speak is being taken away.
This is not justice—it’s the criminalization of hope. Stand with Sadia, young journalists, activists, and all the voiceless. #FreeSadiaBajaaj #JusticeForSadia #SomaliaYouth

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

215 civilians die in RSF-run prison in South Darfur: Sudanese medics https://t.co/N0SOzgaIm9 via @middleeastmnt

[ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa @article19eafric]

Under Article 26 of the Constitution, the right to life is not negotiable. Between 2024 and 2025, more than 245 Kenyans lost their lives in protest-related incidents.
As we mark the #13Days_CivilLiberties, we honour their memory and recommit to protecting this fundamental right.

[amnestyfrance @amnestyfrance]

Les images choquantes de l'état du Docteur Hussam Abu Safiya témoignent des mauvais traitements infligés par Israël aux détenus palestiniens.

L'appel pour sa libération a récemment été rejeté par la Cour Suprême israélienne, alors qu'aucune charge ne pèse contre lui.

[Amnesty International Nigeria @AmnestyNigeria]

The revelation yesterday that: A DNA test result confirmed that a previously unidentified body was that of journalist Pelumi Onifade further shows the horrifiying level of violence unleashed on protesters and journalists during #EndSARS protests in October 2020.

Nigerian police attached to the Lagos State Task Force deliberately killed the 20-year-old journalist, Pelumi Onifade on Saturday October 24 2020. His body was later dumped at the mortuary of General Hospital Ikorodu Lagos.

Pelumi Onifade, was a 200-level student of the Department of History, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State. He was an intern with GboahTV - an online television.

Eye witnesses said on that day, while covering one of the scenes of #EndSARS protest alongside other journalists in Ikeja they saw Pelumi sustain gunshot wounds. While in the pool of his own blood and while clearly wearing a press jacket police dragged his body into their van.

The case of Pelumi Onifade is just one of many shocking atrocities committed by Nigeria's security agencies during #EndSARS protests.

[Katharine Derderian @kderderian1.bsky.social @kderderian1]

The Collective of Movements for Change-People’s Defence Forces (CMC-FDP) is a member of the Wazalendo (“patriots” in Swahili), a loose coalition of armed groups the Congolese army uses as proxy forces in its ongoing fight against the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23).
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[Katharine Derderian @kderderian1.bsky.social @kderderian1]

An armed Wazalendo group backed by the Congolese army (FARDC) has killed and tortured civilians, looted property, and abducted women as sexual slaves in Rutshuru territory in eastern DRC.
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https://t.co/TxkbADt7mH

[Katharine Derderian @kderderian1.bsky.social @kderderian1]

"They shot my husband three times, in the chest and in the genitals. After they shot him, they looted the house. They left with our goats, clothing, and cooking pots"

Elizabeth*, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

Nine victims and survivors told Amnesty International that CMC-FDP fighters killed their husbands or abducted them because their sons or husbands had joined M23.

More on Wazelendo and abuses committed in the DRC in our EPR out now.
https://t.co/fGl8oFfxWg

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

Prior to the arrival of M23 in the area, CMC-FDP collected money from residents, a form of tax known as lala salama (sleep peacefully in Swahili).

These “taxes” were ostensibly meant to finance the protection of civilians.

https://t.co/fGl8oFfxWg

[AmnestySouthernAfrica @AmnestySARO]

3. According to an internal document from the North Kivu military government obtained by Ebuteli, a Congolese research group, CMC-FDP received more than 100,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 100 40mm rockets from the FARDC in late 2023 and early 2024.
https://t.co/DT0YQEI46h

[AmnestySouthernAfrica @AmnestySARO]

2. The FARDC supports the armed groups financially and with weapons and ammunition. The DRC’s finance minister told the National Assembly’s Defense and Security Committee in December 2025 that the state pays Wazalendo groups US$4 million per month.

[AmnestySouthernAfrica @AmnestySARO]

1. In May 2023, the DRC government passed a law creating a Reserve Defense Army that integrated certain local armed groups, including the CMC-FDP, into the Congolese army, creating a proxy force to support the fight against M23.
https://t.co/DT0YQEI46h

[Amnesty Kenya @AmnestyKenya]

Barricaded roads. Restricted movement. A denial of the freedom to move, work, and remember.

Today, as Kenyans mark the anniversary of those who lost their lives on June 25, the promise of protection has been replaced by barriers and restrictions.

A nation that honours its fallen does not lock its people out of their own city.

#JusticeForTheFallen #JusticeForOurMashujaas

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

In a hotter world, the harm hits harder. #ClimateJusticeNow #DefossilizeNow

[Amnesty Kenya @AmnestyKenya]

International standards are clear: tear gas should only be used in situations of widespread violence and not against peaceful assemblies. Its use must be controlled, proportionate, and allow people a safe way to disperse.
Knowing your rights and understanding how tear gas is supposed to be used can help you stay informed, make safer decisions, and hold authorities accountable. #ProtecttheProtest #justiceforthefallen

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

These abuses against civilians violate international humanitarian law and could amount to war crimes.
Read more, out now ⤵️
https://t.co/fGl8oFfxWg

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

CMC-FDP maintains remote bases in Bukombo & targets civilians, often at night, or in areas with few M23 fighters. After clashes with M23, CMC-FDP fighters have taken revenge on family members with perceived links to M23.
https://t.co/fGl8oFfxWg

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

New out today
DRC: Authorities must end support for armed group suspected of war crimes.

Content warning: descriptions of rape and torture.

https://t.co/fGl8oFfxWg

[@AmnestySAfrica @AmnestySAfrica]

🚨‼️ Many South Africans have been denied access to their human rights and live in realities far from the promises of the Constitution. The ultimate responsibility to improve the quality of life for South Africans sits with @GovernmentZA. The government must be held accountable for failure to do so, not migrants, refugees or asylum seekers. We condemn all acts of xenophobia and advocacy of hatred that fuel discrimination.

We join the call for solidarity with migrant communities, by going red against xenophobia ✊❤️.

A reminder: Every human has human rights, regardless of nationality, language or where they call home.