Tata Madiba! In your dream, you believed in human dignity, equality, justice, peace and fundamental freedoms: “for to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.’’ Tata Madiba! You inspire us. You empowered us and taught us...
25 July 2019 H. E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, We write to you in your capacity as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, the secretariat of the continental organisation responsible for driving the political agenda and development of the people of Africa. As Chairperson of the AU...
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND The Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (AfricanDefenders) is a network of five African sub-regional networks, dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights defenders (HRDs) across the African continent. The Johannesburg + 10 All Africa HRDs Conference held in 2009 established AfricanDefenders with the...
Today, as we commemorate the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders call on states and relevant actors to guarantee the rights of indigenous peoples, and human rights defenders (HRDs) working to protect them, as set out in the UN Declaration on...
The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) and the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (AfricanDefenders) call on the Malawi authorities to immediately investigate the petrol bombing of Timothy Mtambo’s house in Lilongwe, Malawi, in the early hours of 15 August 2019, and to bring...
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