The assessments will be based on desk research and interviews with staff of the sub-regional networks, board members, HRDs who have received support from the sub-regional networks and other actors working closely with the work of the sub-regional networks. The consultancies will be supervised by...
Togo : Il faut mettre fin à la répression contre les journalistes et les activistes de la société civile Le gouvernement togolais a pris de nouvelles mesures pour faire taire les voix critiques en arrêtant plusieurs journalistes et un défenseur des droits humains ces derniers jours....
These recent arrests have taken place amidst mounting repression against journalists and civil society activists seeking to speak the truth to power. Since president Faure Gnassingbé was re-elected for a fourth term in February 2020, the authorities have increasingly cracked downed on journalists and civil society...
On 26 November 2021, Defenders Coalition (National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Kenya) and the Working Group on Human Rights Defenders feted outstanding work of defending human rights by rights activists despite great difficulties. The award winners were announced by Former Chief Justice Dr...
The Forum on the Participation of Non-Governmental Organisations at ACHPR69 AfricanDefenders and DefendDefenders virtually hosted the NGO forum preceding ACHPR69 in which we delivered the following statements: [vc_row row_type='expandable' text_align='center' background_color='#0a7c43' border_color='' more_button_label='State of Civic Space in Africa' less_button_label='Less' button_position='center' color=''][vc_column width='1/1'] [button size='' style='' text='Read the full...
The war in Cabo Delgado is now in its fourth year. The human suffering has been incalculable, with currently over 750 000 persons displaced, and many thousands killed....
