Amnesty International, together with 13 civil society organizations, called on candidates in Benin's upcoming legislative and presidential elections on Thursday to prioritize human rights protection ...

One month after an attempted coup shook Benin, the west African country will hold parliamentary and local elections Sunday, ...

Benin holds parliamentary and local elections shaping the landscape for the April presidential poll, with President Talon's ...

Iranian authorities have unleashed a deadly crackdown on protesters across the country since December 28, 2025, marked by ...

Civic space continues to shrink in Benin with a wave of attacks on independent media outlets and people still being arbitrarily arrested and detained for dissent. Despite progress, women and ...

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The Ministry of Homeland Security announced on January 1, 2026, that President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has granted pardon to 222 prisoners as part of the 2025 Christmas ...

On Sunday, SaharaReporters reported that thugs claiming to be acting on behalf of the Benin Traditional Council seized, stripped, and assaulted a Nigerian actor, Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki, accusing him of ...

The Benin traditional council says the attack on Pedro Obaseki by some suspected thugs was not authorised by the Oba of Benin ...

Amnesty International has strongly condemned the ‘barbaric and unlawful abduction and humiliation’ of Dr. Pedro Obaseki (Fta) ...

Amnesty International Nigeria and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State have condemned the alleged abduction ...

By Seyi BabalolaAmnesty International Nigeria has condemned the “barbaric and unlawful” assault and public humiliation of Pedro Obaseki, former managing director of Daar Communications, and has called ...

Amnesty International has called the attack on Pedro Obaseki “barbaric and unlawful” and urged the Benin Palace to denounce ...