We, the signing associations and organizations, call on the Algerian authorities to release unjustly imprisoned detainees for expressing their opinions or peacefully exercising their freedoms, and to open up civic space to civil society actors in order to ensure the unhindered exercise of their missions...
This post was first published by DefendDefenders By adopting a resolution entitled “Advancing human rights in South Sudan,” the UN Human Rights Council ensured that international scrutiny of South Sudan’s human rights situation will cover the country’s first-ever national elections, which are set to take place...
AfricanDefenders and SouthernDefenders strongly condemn the continued harassment of Tanele Maseko and her minor children by Eswatini Authorities on March 28, 2024, in Mbabane, Johannesburg, and Kampala. The Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (AfricanDefenders) and the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SouthernDefenders) strongly condemn...
We joined multiple organizations and individuals from various regions unite to advocate for a global convention addressing crimes against humanity. We call upon states to use the 2024 April Resumed Session of the UN’s Sixth Committee to endorse a procedure enabling the advancement of the...
KAMPALA, Uganda and GENEVA, Switzerland,11 March 2024 - AfricanDefenders (Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) and the Committee for Justice (CFJ) have jointly petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, on behalf of Mr. Ahmed Salem, Director of the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights....
In a letter released today, the signatories highlight that significant concerns exist about the human rights situation and the absence of key conditions for the holding of free, fair, secure, and credible elections and of an enabling environment for civil society....
