On February 28, 2020, hundreds of protesters who met to organise a peaceful demonstration, following the call of Archbishop Kpodzro, were forbidden to demonstrate and were chased out and some were also arrested. The conduct of the security on the demonstrators resulted in several injuries....
Today, DefendDefenders hosts a gathering of human rights defenders (HRDs), H.E Mohamed Mirghani Yousif, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan, and other key stakeholders from the sub-region to announce Sudan as our 2020 focus and renew our commitment to the...
This letter was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies on their website President Michel European Council Rue de la Loi 175 B-1048 Bruxelles High Representative Borrell European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 1000 Bruxelles Commissionner Várhelyi European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 1000 Bruxelles Dear President Michel, Dear High Representative Borrell, Dear Commissioner Várhelyi, We...
This post was first published by DefendfDefenders At the 43rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC43, 24 February-20 March 2020), states will consider a resolution extending the mandate of the top UN expert on human rights defenders (HRDs), the Special Rapporteur on the...
This statement was first published on DefendDefenders' website Oral statements delivered by DefendDefenders at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC43, 24 February-20 March 2020) Item 2: Interactive dialogue on the oral update by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea (26...
This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies on their website After having his detention renewed by Egypt’s State Security Prosecution, rendering the cumulative time he has been deprived of his freedom as 150 days – (the maximum time period allowed...
