Niger Rejects Key Rights Recommendations at UN Review

By Human Rights Watch

Niger has rejected key recommendations raised by United Nations member countries during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) earlier this year, including calls to address arbitrary detention, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and accountability for serious human rights violations. The UPR is a UN Human Rights Council process in which the human rights records of member states are reviewed by other member countries every five years. Click to expand Image Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani of Niger attends the Alliance of Sahel States…

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