22 Oct

Posted at 18:36h 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]At the 81st session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) and the NGO Forum, we focused on amplifying the challenges faced by Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) across Africa. Our interventions during this session were...

19 Jul

Posted at 11:39h 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]We were appalled to learn that Mamadou Billo Bah, coordinator of TLP-Guinea and head of the branches and mobilization of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), and Oumar Sylla alias "Foniké Menguè", National Coordinator of...

26 Jun

Posted at 13:18h 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] Image Credit: Innocent Onyango The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SouthernDefenders) and the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (AfricanDefenders) are deeply concerned and strongly condemns the heavy-handed response by the Kenyan police towards peaceful protesters and the tragic...

03 Apr

Posted at 11:26h in AfricanDefenders

AfricanDefenders and SouthernDefenders strongly condemn the continued harassment of Tanele Maseko and her minor children by Eswatini Authorities on March 28, 2024, in Mbabane, Johannesburg, and Kampala. The Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (AfricanDefenders) and the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SouthernDefenders) strongly condemn...