Libyan human rights activist killed

BUJUMBURA, Burundi — At least 77 civilians have been killed in clashes with Burundi's security forces since the start of anti-government protests in April, a rights activist said Friday.
Another 1,000 people have been arrested and dozens of prisoners tortured, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, head of the Association for the Protection of Human Rights and Detained Persons, told The Associated Press.
Mbonimpa said his group has representatives across the nation that have been tallying the death toll as...

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Tanzania human rights watchdog calls for end to threats against journalist, activist
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The Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRD-Coalition) on Wednesday (March 12th) called for an end to the anonymous threats being sent to Christopher Kidanka, a Dar es Salaam-based journalist and human rights activist, Tanzania's The ...
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Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge
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THERE is an urgent need to formulate and lay down principles and guidelines to further strengthen the criminal justice system in the country with regard to arrest, police custody and pre-trial detention to ensure compliance with International standards.

Prominent Libyan journalist Meftah Buzeid, known for his fierce criticism of Islamist militias, is shot dead in the city of Benghazi.

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Women's rights activist wins 2014 Martin Luther King Justice Award
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Winner of the 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Award, Jane Magigita, said the struggle for women's rights and economic empowerment calls for leadership and active participation of men. She was speaking mid this week in Dar es Salaam ...

 Democracy as a normative framework requires constitution builders to support and guarantee civil and political rights. Since rights are indivisible, there are many rights recognised as economic, social, cultural or collective whose recognition completes political rights and makes it possible to realise them.

There are several reasons for building human rights into a constitution; they indicate restrictions on government power, are a building block for democracy, establish a foundation for building a human rights culture, and are integral to the legitimacy of the Constitution. A human rights culture gives space to individuals and groups to organise and aggregate their interests.

The government has reiterated its unflinching resolve to  sustain the battle against embezzlement of public funds.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 states in paragraph 1 of its Preamble that recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.