26 Oct

Posted at 07:13h in AfricanDefenders

[button size='medium' style='' text='Read the Annual Report' icon='fa-book' icon_color='' link='https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Annual-Report-2019-FINAL-compressed.pdf' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] In 2019, DefendDefenders and its partners continued to monitor and document human rights violations across the East and Horn of Africa sub-region, with a focus...

20 Oct

Posted at 16:44h in AfricanDefenders

Photocredit: Newswire Together with 32 other civil society organisations and 89 human rights experts, we released a statement highlighting that the case brought by human rights activist and lawyer Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu serves as an opportunity for Nigeria’s judiciary to ensure that the protection of...

07 Oct

Posted at 14:01h in AfricanDefenders

On behalf of DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and AfricanDefenders (Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network), I express my deepest condolences to the family, friends, and human rights fraternity of the late Professor Mesfin Woldemariam, who passed away on 30 September 2020. Professor Woldemariam...

28 Sep

Posted at 12:57h in AfricanDefenders

Today is International Day for Universal Access to Information. Citizens have a right to know what is going on in their countries - especially during the COVID-19 pandemic it is crucial to have access to reliable information. Information is increasingly shared online, making digital space...

25 Sep

Posted at 07:16h in ACHPR Publications, AfricanDefenders

Originally published by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) meeting at its 66th Ordinary Session, held virtually from 13 July to 7 August 2020 in Banjul, The Gambia: Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human...