Five prominent Cambodian rights activists have been released on bail after more than a year in jail, a court official confirmed on Thursday, although they still face prosecution in a case that has drawn widespread criticism. Four staff and one former employee of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) were jailed in April … Read more
Authorities in Tunisia on Wednesday announced they have frozen the assets of football club magnate and former presidential hopeful Slim Riahi on suspicions of money laundering. An investigating judge imposed the restriction on all of Riahi’s shares on the stock market, bank accounts and property, said prosecution spokesman Sofiene Sliti. The announcement comes after the … Read more
Some 20 Burkinabe soldiers on trial at a military tribunal over a failed raid on an arms depot last year have said they were tortured to extract their confessions. Almost all of them said they had suffered beatings, humiliation and food deprivation at the police camp where they were held after their arrest following the … Read more
Hotel security guards are among 33 people facing charges that they failed to help tourists during 2015’s deadly attack on a beach in Sousse, Tunisian officials say. They are accused of not assisting a person in danger, leading to their death, spokesman Sofian Sliti said. It comes after a UK judge said the Tunisian police … Read more
Burkina Faso has asked France to declassify military documents about the killing of ex-president Thomas Sankara, a lawyer for his family has said. A judge had made the request because efforts to get them through “political channels” had failed, the lawyer said. France, the former colonial power, has not yet commented on the request. Mr … Read more