This statement was written by Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition Today, 8 April 2020, Kisutu Residents Magistrate Court delivered the judgment on the case which involved Maxence Melo and one another (Mike William) The two accused persons were charged with obstruction of investigation contrary to section...
This statement was first posted by the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network In light of the COVID-19 global pandemic, which is an existential threat to humanity, and after a basic routine risk-based horizon scanning, – which indicates that under the otherwise necessary call for extra-ordinary...
This article was first posted by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies In the run-up to the 2020 Libya Universal Periodic Review pre-session in collaboration with UPR Info , CIHRS with Libya Platform[1], issued a joint statement on April 2nd 2020 detailing the reasons for the Libyan authorities’...
This statement was first posted by DefendDefenders DefendDefenders is concerned over a statement released by Somalia’s intelligence service, the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), in which the agency accused renowned journalist, author, and Al-Shabaab expert Harun Maruf of being “a threat” to national security and...
Following the call by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on governments to urgently reduce the number of people in detention at risk of COVID-19, REDHAC has addressed governments in central Africa to encourage them to follow Bachelet’s advice. Here is the letter...
This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The signatory human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s reckless refusal to release select groups of detainees for the sake of curbing the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. As the Egyptian government imposes a curfew...
