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23 Apr CALL FOR CONSULTANTS : SCOPING STUDY TO CREATE AN UBUNTU HUB CITY IN CAPE VERDE

[button size='' style='' text='Download the Portuguese version' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Call-for-consultancy_scoping-study-Português-30.pdf' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] Background African human rights defenders (HRDs) face a spectrum of interlocking challenges that often create a hostile working environment. They often face restrictions on their own...

21 Apr AfricanDefenders’ and DefendDefenders’ statements at ACHPR68

Posted at 13:09h in AfricanDefenders

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Oral statements delivered by AfricanDefenders and DefendDefenders at the 68th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR68). [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Item 3: Human Rights Situation in Africa Honorable Chairperson , Honorable Commissioners , State Delegates represented, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen , On...

20 Apr Libya: Press Freedom is the Path to Free and Fair Election

Posted at 12:01h in Northern Africa

Source: the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies On 15 April, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) published a joint open letter to Mr. Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU), calling on him to prioritize freedom of the...

20 Apr ACHPR68: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (October 2020-April 2021)

Posted at 11:55h in Defenders, East & Horn of Africa

Source: DefendDefenders In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), DefendDefenders highlights the most pressing human rights issues in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region from October 2020 to April 2021, focusing on issues pertaining to civic space (freedoms of opinion...

20 Apr Zimbabwe Human Rights Defenders Assets and Needs Assessment Report

Posted at 11:46h in Southern Africa

Source: The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) conducted an Assets and Needs Assessment for Human Rights Defenders in Zimbabwe (the assessment or ANA) between July and December 2020. The assessment occurred during and was impacted by the...

13 Apr Egypt: Urgent concern over health of imprisoned journalist Solafa Magdy

Posted at 08:49h in Northern Africa

A few weeks ago the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), together with a group of human rights organizations, signed on to an urgent call to the U.S. State Department’s Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Joey Hood. The letter...

23 Apr CALL FOR CONSULTANTS : SCOPING STUDY TO CREATE AN UBUNTU HUB CITY IN CAPE VERDE

21 Apr AfricanDefenders’ and DefendDefenders’ statements at ACHPR68

20 Apr Libya: Press Freedom is the Path to Free and Fair Election

20 Apr ACHPR68: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (October 2020-April 2021)

20 Apr Zimbabwe Human Rights Defenders Assets and Needs Assessment Report

13 Apr Egypt: Urgent concern over health of imprisoned journalist Solafa Magdy

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