This statement was first published by the Cairo Insititute for Human Rights Studies In conjunction with the trial session of Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif al-Islam, the undersigned human rights organizations demand her immediate release, and for investigations to be held into all the complaints lodged by...
17 Mars 2021 S.E. Moussa Faki, Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine Siège de l’Union africaine P.O. Box 3243, Roosevelt Street W21K19 Addis Ababa, Ethiopie CC: S.E. Felix Tshisekedi, Président de l'Union africaine S.E. Smail Chergui, (Commissaire sortant de l'Union africaine pour la paix et la sécurité) S.E Adeoye Bankole, Commissaire de l'Union...
In a letter made public today, we joined 55 other civil society organisations and 11 civil society leaders in urging the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Moussa Faki, to urgently address the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, as...
Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) face a variety of challenges, difficulties, and risks. These risks can look quite different from the general threats human rights defenders are confronted with. In our campaign #StandWithWHRDs, DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders want to highlight the work that WHRDs do and...
This article was first published on the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies' website The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the Egyptian government’s relentless closure of all outlets for civil society activity in the country, as demonstrated once again by the recent issuance, in January 2021,...
This article was first published on the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders' Uganda website (Kampala / February 18, 2021) The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda (NCHRD-U) expresses deep and grave concern over the continued targeting of journalists while they undertake their legitimate...
