A podcast series on African human rights defenders in exile “If you have to leave, leave. But refuse to keep quiet. Silencing you is what all oppressive regimes want. Don’t stop defending others because you are outside your country. Defending others is defending ourselves.” Interview with an...
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Hassan Shire, (AfricanDefenders Chairperson and the Executive Director of DefendDefenders), alongside H.E. Commissioner Solomon Ayele Dersso (Chairperson, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights) gave a statement at the 2020 Forum on the Participation of NGOs/Civil Society Organizations in the Work of the 66th Ordinary...
In light of several judges being forced to go on leave by the Chief Secretary of the Government of Malawi, AfricanDefenders, 25 other civil society organisations and associations, and 20 experts urging the executive branch of the Government of Malawi to respect the independence of...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a serious global health crisis that has already caused several hundred thousand of deaths worldwide and continues to be a threat to our health and livelihoods. Measures to contain the spread of the virus are vital, but they also bear...
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights bodies and experts across the globe have called for urgent action to prevent the spread of the virus in places of detention. On 25 March Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, called on governments...
