In a letter made public today, we joined 55 other civil society organisations and 11 civil society leaders in urging the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Moussa Faki, to urgently address the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, as...
Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) face a variety of challenges, difficulties, and risks. These risks can look quite different from the general threats human rights defenders are confronted with. In our campaign #StandWithWHRDs, DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders want to highlight the work that WHRDs do and...
Photo Credit: AKUOT CHOL/AFP/GETTY IMAGES [button size='' style='' text='Read the letter' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HRC46-Civil-society-letter-regarding-SOUTH-SUDAN.pdf' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] Ahead of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (22 February-23 March 2021), a group of 40 civil society organisations urge...
We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations and individuals are deeply concerned with the reports of the arrest of lawyers Nicholas Opiyo, Herbert Dakasi, Esomu Obure, Anthony Odur and human rights officer, Hamid Tenywa on 22 December 2020. Eyewitnesses report that Mr. Opiyo and the others were...
Dear friends and colleagues, This year was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected our normal way of operating. With offices closed, our technology set up allowed us to rethink and adapt quickly to the restrictive pandemic measures. We always made it clear that while it is legitimate to weigh public health concerns against the protection of fundamental rights, any such...
Highlights 34 years ago, Africa’s first continent-wide human rights instrument came into effect. The Banjul Charter promotes and protects human rights and peoples’ rights as well as basic freedoms in the African continent. To commemorate this important day, AfricanDefenders shared how the organisation promotes and protects...
