From 11-16 October 2019, DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders conducted a mission to Sudan, at a critical time for the country and the human rights its people. The delegation was led by Hassan Shire (AfricanDefenders' Chairperson and DefendDefenders' Executive Director) and included Majid Maali (Capacity Building Officer)...
Item 8: Activity report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders and focal point on reprisals in Africa Honourable Chairperson, distinguished Commissioners, State delegates, representatives of National Human Rights Institutions and non-governmental organisations, DefendDefenders (The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and AfricanDefenders...
65th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Item 8: Activity report of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa Honourable Chairperson, distinguished Commissioners, State delegates, representatives of National Human Rights Institutions and non-governmental organisations, Defend Defenders (The...
On 12 September 2019, DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project), in collaboration with AfricanDefenders (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network), convened the second interactive dialogue between protection service providers (PSPs) and human rights defenders (HRDs) in exile in Uganda....
As an inspiring activist, illustrator, and graphic designer, Alaa Satir uses her art as a tool to promote women’s rights and justice in Sudan. “The challenges that we,women, have faced in Sudanese society have been enormous – we have been the main casualties of Omar al-Bashir’s regime,”...
South Africa: The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) and the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (AfricanDefenders) strongly condemn the violence against foreign nationals living in South Africa. On 1 September 2019, waves of xenophobic violence erupted in South Africa, as South African citizens attacked...
