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07 Oct Egypt: International NGOs call for the immediate release of human rights defenders Mohamed El-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah on the first anniversary of their arrest

Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies We, the undersigned international non-governmental organisations, call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defenders Mohamed El-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah, who were arbitrarily arrested and detained a year ago today. In the context of a massive crackdown on Egyptian civil...

07 Oct In memory of Professor Mesfin Woldemariam

Posted at 14:01h in AfricanDefenders

On behalf of DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and AfricanDefenders (Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network), I express my deepest condolences to the family, friends, and human rights fraternity of the late Professor Mesfin Woldemariam, who passed away on 30 September 2020. Professor Woldemariam...

07 Oct UN Human Rights Council – 45 th regular session : Adoption of the report on the UPR of Kenya

Posted at 13:58h in East & Horn of Africa

Item 6: Adoption of the report on the UPR of Kenya Oral statement Delivered by: Kamau Ngugi Madam President, The Defenders Coalition and DefendDefenders welcome the acceptance by the Government of Kenya of a large number of UPR recommendations. Kenya’s January 2020 review was a milestone for human rights...

29 Sep ABUSIVE ARRESTS IN UGANDA : NGOS CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF JOURNALISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS DEFENDERS

Posted at 08:26h in East & Horn of Africa

Source: National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda Three journalists and six environmental activists were arrested by police in Hoima, Uganda, on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday, 16 September 2020. Two are still in detention. They had come to denounce the destruction of one of the country’s...

29 Sep UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS IN PERIL AS COVID-19 ESCALATES IN THE FACE OF 2021 ELECTIONS

Posted at 08:22h in East & Horn of Africa

Source: National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda (NCHRD-U) expresses concern over the escalation of human rights violations across the first half of 2020, specifically targeting Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). As we head to the 2021 electoral...

29 Sep STATEMENT EXPRESSING SADNESS ON PERMANENT DISBARMENT OF ADVOCATE FATMA KARUME

Posted at 08:16h in East & Horn of Africa

Source:Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition The Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition is extremely shocked and deeply saddened by the decision made by the Advocates Committee to “Permanently disbar” Advocate Fatma Amani Karume as a practicing advocate and Commissioner for Oaths (Roll No 848). Under the decision...

07 Oct Egypt: International NGOs call for the immediate release of human rights defenders Mohamed El-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah on the first anniversary of their arrest

07 Oct In memory of Professor Mesfin Woldemariam

07 Oct UN Human Rights Council – 45 th regular session : Adoption of the report on the UPR of Kenya

29 Sep ABUSIVE ARRESTS IN UGANDA : NGOS CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF JOURNALISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS DEFENDERS

29 Sep UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS IN PERIL AS COVID-19 ESCALATES IN THE FACE OF 2021 ELECTIONS

29 Sep STATEMENT EXPRESSING SADNESS ON PERMANENT DISBARMENT OF ADVOCATE FATMA KARUME

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