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Monitoring Prosecutions under the Prohibition of FGM Act in Kenya

This report analyzes 68 criminal cases under the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act in Kenya, finding that the law has been used disproportionately against FGM victims rather than against perpetrators.

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Update: Treason Case Against Nigerian Journalist Omoyele Sowore Struck Out

After over five years of delays, a federal High Court struck out the treason case against pro-democracy activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore. As part of the Clooney Foundation’s TrialWatch initiative, the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights has been in the courtroom monitoring proceedings since Mr. Sowore’s arrest on August 2, 2019.

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Trial Observation Report: Guatemala vs. José Rubén Zamora

José Rubén Zamora, an award-winning Guatemalan journalist and the Founding Director of the now-shuttered Guatemalan outlet ElPeriódico, was prosecuted for money laundering, influence peddling and blackmail. This trial observation report concludes that the pretrial and trial violations in the proceedings against Mr. Zamora rendered his trial fundamentally unfair.

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Where We Work

As part of the Clooney Foundation for Justice TrialWatch Initiative, the Center has worked in 21 countries thus far.

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