Source: National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda Three journalists and six environmental activists were arrested by police in Hoima, Uganda, on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday, 16 September 2020. Two are still in detention. They had come to denounce the destruction of one of the country’s...
Source: National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda (NCHRD-U) expresses concern over the escalation of human rights violations across the first half of 2020, specifically targeting Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). As we head to the 2021 electoral...
Source:Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition The Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition is extremely shocked and deeply saddened by the decision made by the Advocates Committee to “Permanently disbar” Advocate Fatma Amani Karume as a practicing advocate and Commissioner for Oaths (Roll No 848). Under the decision...
La source: Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale (REDHAC) Atteintes aux libertés d’association et de manifestation, violences policières, arrestations et détentions arbitraires des journalistes et manifestants, actes de tortures et autres traitements inhumains et dégradants, utilisation abusive de la loi « N° 2014/028...
Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies In reaction to the worsening human rights situation in Algeria, 31 local, regional and international civil society organizations, in the letter below, called on UN member states, the Office of the to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN...
Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The undersigned civil society groups are alarmed at the continued and escalating attacks on civic space in Algeria and call on the government to end their crackdown on journalistic and other public freedoms. Despite President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announcing his desire...
