Source link : https://www.afric.info/2025/01/16/news/southern-africa-growing-authoritarianism-threatens-rights/
Johannesburg — Several governments across Southern Africa grew increasingly authoritarian and intolerant of dissent throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. The authorities adopted heavy-handed tactics that eroded civic space and the electoral process by harassing activists and journalists, introducing laws that contravened human rights, weaponizing the justice system against […]
Author : AFRICA-NEWS
Publish date : 2025-01-16 18:33:41
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