Burkina Faso Releases Conscripted Journalists, Activist

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Guezouma Sanogo (L) and Boukari Ouoba. © Private Earlier in July 2025, Burkina Faso authorities released five journalists and a human rights activist who had been unlawfully conscripted into the military after criticizing the country’s military junta. While a positive development, their release is also a stark reminder of others still missing, some since 2024, with no hint as to their whereabouts.On March 24, 2024, authorities in the capital, Ouagadougou, detained Guezouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Phil Roland Zongo, members of the country’s Journalists…

Read complete article

~	Here’s how you can make your garden a safe and biodiverse space for urban wildlife

~	Accessible, high-quality summer programs and Black joy support Black children’s return to school

~	Colombia is producing more cocaine than ever – and more is reaching Australian shores

~	Friday essay: libertarian tech titan Peter Thiel helped make JD Vance. The Republican kingmaker’s influence is growing

~	Industrial-scale deepfake abuse caused a crisis in South Korean schools. Here’s how Australia can avoid the same fate

~	How can I tell if I am lonely? What are some of the signs?

~	A Hawaiian epic made in NZ: why Jason Momoa’s Chief of War wasn’t filmed in its star’s homeland

~	Rockabye baby: the ‘love songs’ of lonely leopard seals resemble human nursery rhymes

~	Shark tales, a sinking city and a breathless cop thriller: what to watch in August

~	Iran: Authorities Amputate Three Prisoners’ Fingers in Acts of Torture