This statement was first posted by the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network Our network member from Mozambique, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD)  followed up on the criminal case which involved state security agencies that had murdered Dr Anastacio Matavel, a human rights defender based in...

This article was first published by the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network The Southern Africa Human Rights Roundup is a weekly column aimed at highlighting important human rights news in southern Africa. It integrates efforts of human rights defenders and facilitates evidence-based engagement with key...

Original declaration of the West African Network of Human Rights Defenders - Roaddh / wahrdn Mr. President of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Honorable Commissioners, all strictly observed protocol. The West African Network of Human Rights Defenders salutes the efforts made by the countries of...