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14 Apr Open letter on the Xenophobic, racist and inhuman treatment of Africans in China

Posted at 15:29h in AfricanDefenders
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Together with our member networks, more than 300 African civil society organisations (CSOs), and African citizens, we sent an open letter to the African Union Commission Chairperson, H.E Moussa Faki. In the letter, we call on the African Union and African leaders to demand a...

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09 Apr Tanzania: Statement regarding the Judgement of Maxence Melo and Mike William

Posted at 05:07h in East & Horn of Africa
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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...

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06 Apr SAHRDN ESSENTIAL SERVICES DURING COVID-19 WAVE OF LOCKDOWNS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Posted at 11:46h in Southern Africa
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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...

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06 Apr Libya: A complete failure to implement UPR recommendations since 2015

Posted at 11:31h in Northern Africa
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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’...

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06 Apr Somalia: respect journalists’ work, ensure safe space for free expression

Posted at 11:27h in East & Horn of Africa
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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...

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31 Mar Central Africa : Release Human Rights Defenders during COVID-19 pandemic

Posted at 14:37h in Central Africa
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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...

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