February 4, 2020 Lilongwe and Johannesburg The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) applauds the historic decision by the Malawi’s Constitutional Court to order a fresh and credible election within 150 days of the ruling. SAHRDN encourages all parties to accept the verdict. SAHRDN calls on the...
The Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition has been saddened and strictly condemns various statements recently made by some political leaders which encourage the killings of political activists defending social rights in Tanzania. Such statements have been made in and outside the Parliament of the United Republic...
This article was first published by the Cairo Institue for Human Rights Studies 100 days since the imprisonment of Esraa Abdel-Fattah Detention renewed for journalists Hossam al-Sayyad, Sulafa Majdi, Khaled Dawoud We, the undersigned organizations, renew our demand for Case no. 488 of 2019 to be closed and all defendants...
This article was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies In November 2019, the Human Rights Education Program at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies held its third annual Young Leaders of Civil Society Program (YLCSP), a training symposium as part of its program...
This article was published by KIOS Foundation Memory Bandera Rwampony, DefendDefenders' program director, was invited by KIOS Foundation to give input on how the European Union could effectively support women human rights defenders Brave women from around the world visited Helsinki at the end of August...
This article first appeared on National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda's website (Kampala / January 13, 2020) The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda (NCHRD-U) expresses concern over the escalation of human rights violations across 2019, specifically targeting Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). As...
