This Newsletter was first published by National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda The coalition in partnership with Civil Rights Defenders-Sweden(CRD), considered it necessary to re-tool these organizations with the basic safety tools that we strongly believe will boost the existing safety and security tools as...
BACKGROUND: Human rights defenders play a critical role in the society in the protection and promotion of human rights which is integral to the success of a nation’s growth. Human rights defenders work individually or in collaboration with others towards the realization of a human right...
The ICJ and the South African Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) have written to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, and the Chairperson of African...
Historically, academic institutions have played a crucial role in fostering peaceful activism, which is especially important as civic space is shrinking across the globe and human rights defenders (HRDs) continue to face threats and repression. Universities can provide HRDs with a neutral space for exchange,...
This statement was first published by the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) demands the immediate release of Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume, who were arrested earlier today and are being arbitrarily detained at Harare...
This statement was first published by Defenders Coalition We, the security and human rights organisations from Africa, comprising of community-based organisations (CBOs), grass-roots movements, women associations, youth movements, social justice centers, marginalized groups and civil society organisations (CSOs) from different parts of Africa, are saddened and...
