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24 Aug Ubuntu Hub City launched in Praia, Cabo Verde

Posted at 16:22h in AfricanDefenders

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 24 August 2022, DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders officially launched the eighth Ubuntu Hub City in Praia, Cabo Verde. Today’s event gathered, among others, Hon. Prof. Remy Ngoy Lumbu the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights...

16 Aug Southern Africa Human Rights Community Condemns and Denounces the Threats to the Life of Mozambique Activist Prof. Adriano Nuvunga

Posted at 10:06h in AfricanDefenders

We, the undersigned civil society organisations and community of human rights defenders from the Southern Africa region and beyond, condemn and denounce in the strongest possible terms the macabre and cowardly act of threatening the physical integrity of leading social activist, Professor AdrianoNuvunga, Director of...

07 Jul Guinée : le retour de la répression

Posted at 07:29h in DéfenseursAfricains

Le 5 juillet 2022 à 14h, trois défenseurs des droits humains membres du Front National pour la Défense de la Constitution (FNDC), dont deux sont également membres de Tournons La Page Guinée (TLP-Guinée), ont été violemment arrêtés et traînés de force dans des véhicules pick-ups...

23 May The Human Rights Council should strengthen its action on Eritrea

Posted at 09:15h in AfricanDefenders

As human rights violations continue with impunity in Eritrea, authorities refuse to cooperate with the UN human rights system, and Eritrean forces are accused of atrocities in relation to the Tigray conflict, over 40 NGOs urge states to adopt a resolution that extends the mandate of...

19 May #PasUnCrime: Une campagne digitale appelle les autorités algériennes à cesser leur assaut contre l’espace civique et les libertés fondamentales

Posted at 13:01h in DéfenseursAfricains

Les autorités algériennes ont mis fin aux manifestations pro-démocratie du «Hirak» dans la majeure partie du pays, il y a de cela un an. Depuis, les poursuites en justice pour accusations terroristes infondées se sont multipliées, des amendements problématiques du Code pénal ont été adoptés, des actions en...

19 May #NotACrime: Algeria end the repression of fundamental freedoms and assault on civic space

Posted at 12:57h in AfricanDefenders

The online campaign calls on Algerian authorities to stop their assault on civic space and fundamental freedoms A year ago, Algerian authorities shut down the “Hirak” pro-democracy protests in most of the country. Since then, the number of unfounded terrorism prosecutions has soared, problematic amendments to the Penal Code were...

24 Aug Ubuntu Hub City launched in Praia, Cabo Verde

16 Aug Southern Africa Human Rights Community Condemns and Denounces the Threats to the Life of Mozambique Activist Prof. Adriano Nuvunga

07 Jul Guinée : le retour de la répression

23 May The Human Rights Council should strengthen its action on Eritrea

19 May #PasUnCrime: Une campagne digitale appelle les autorités algériennes à cesser leur assaut contre l’espace civique et les libertés fondamentales

19 May #NotACrime: Algeria end the repression of fundamental freedoms and assault on civic space

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