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Until recently, Jail Ogaden in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region housed thousands of prisoners. Torture, rape and death were common in Jail Ogaden. Then the region's new government closed the notorious prison.
After years of being denied access to Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch went back to visit Jail Ogaden to see firsthand the prospects for justice and accountability and how former political prisoners are trying to heal from past abuses.
We spoke with senior researcher Felix Horne about his visit and the now-empty prison, and the Somali region’s path towards healing.
Three people – an activist church worker, a provincial politician, and a businessman – were killed in separate attacks in the Philippines by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles.
A prosecutor charged Ola al-Qaradawi for membership and support of a terrorist group by “using her relationships in prison,” though she spent the last two years in solitary confinement.
Did you know children can legally marry in the US state of Massachusetts? Between 2000 to 2016, more than 1,200 children under age 18 were married. This has to stop!
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