This article was first posted by the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network and Maverick Citizen launched the Southern Africa Weekly Human Rights Roundup, aimed at highlighting important human rights news in Southern Africa. The Human Rights Roundup integrates...
AfricanDefenders and partners called on the UN Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea in a letter released on 5th May 2020. Ahead of the 44th session of the Council (scheduled to begin in June 2020), the signatories urged...
Lettre ouverte sur le traitement xénophobe, raciste et inhumain des Africains en Chine
Après des rapports sur le traitement xénophobe et raciste des citoyens africains en Chine dû au traitement discriminatoire dans le cadre des mesures contre le COVID-19, AfricanDefenders a initié une lettre ouverte à S.E Moussa Faki, président de la Commission de l'Union Africaine. La lettre exhortait ’Union Africaine et les dirigeants africains à exiger des autorités chinoises une enquête complète sur les violations des droits humains qu’ont subis les citoyens africains vivant en Chine et appel à des mesures correctives immédiates. La lettre a été signée par plus de 300 organisations de la société civile (OSC), organisations de femmes et mouvements féministes, mouvements syndicaux et étudiants, organisations de jeunesse et associations professionnelles. Elle été également signée par plus de 1700 personnes en Afrique et au-delà, notamment des avocats, des juges, des universitaires, des hommes d'affaires, des membres du clergé, des artistes, des militants et des journalistes. La lettre a aussi figuré dans les médias locaux comme le Maverick Citizen d'Afrique du Sud et PML Daily en Ouganda.
Open letter on the Xenophobic, racist and inhumane treatment of Africans in China
After reports of African nationals facing xenophobic and racist treatment in China in the context of COVID-19 measures, AfricanDefenders initiated the process of writing a letter to H.E Moussa Faki, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission. The letter urged the commission and African leaders to demand a full investigation by Chinese authorities into the human rights violations against Africans living in China and called for immediate remedial action. The letter was endorsed by over 300 civil society organisations (CSOs), women organisations and feminist movements, labour and students’ movements, youth organisations, and professional associations. It was also endorsed by over 1700 individuals within and outside Africa including lawyers, judges, scholars, businesspeople, clergy, artists, activists and journalists. The letter also featured in local news media like the Maverick Citizen from South Africa and PML daily from Uganda.
This article was first published by DefendDefenders The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a serious global health crisis that has already caused several hundred thousand deaths worldwide and continues to be a threat to our health and livelihoods. Millions have been, and millions more will be, infected. Measures...
This statement was first posted bu the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies We, the undersigned civil society organizations, lawyers, journalists, and activists, urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Alaa Abdel Fattah, our courageous friend, human rights activist, and blogger. Alaa has been on a hunger...
