Faits marquants 4ème Session du Conseil des Droits de l’Homme des Nations Unies (CDH) Lors de la 4éme Session du CDH (du 24 février-20 mars 2020), AfricanDefenders a co-signé une lettre de la société civile appelant au renouvellement du mandat de la Commission des Nations Unies...
Highlights 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council(HRC) At the 43rdsession of the HRC (HRC43, 24 February-20 March 2020), AfricanDefenders signed a civil society letter calling for the renewal of the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan. At the start of...
This post was first published by DefendDefenders Dear friends and colleagues, February was a hectic month for DefendDefenders with many progressive endeavours. As we continued to monitor the situation for human rights defenders (HRDs) in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region, we particularly followed the progressive,...
This post was first published by the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network For Immediate Release Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN or the Defenders Network) urges the authorities in Malawi to not politically persecute legitimate Human Rights Defenders through judicial prosecution and demands the immediate...
This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The undersigned rights organizations denounce the one-year prison sentence of human rights lawyer Zyad Elelaimy, and demand his unconditional release and the dropping of all charges against him. The sentence represents a continuation...
This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Rights defender Bahey eldin Hassan sentenced to prison while his lawsuit against media personality who incited to his murder is dismissed A tweet commenting on the conduct of Egypt’s public prosecution resulted in a...
