As civil society organisations from across the region, we are concerned by the increased arrests of human rights defenders in Zimbabwe. In 2019 alone, numerous human rights defenders have been arrested, detained and charged with offences such as ‘subverting constitutional government’ and ‘participating in gathering with...
Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, DefendDefenders salutes your approach to preventative engagement, which was clearly expressed in, among other statements, the address you delivered at the end of your mission to Cameroon, on 6 May 2019. A range of tools should be used to address country situations,...
My delegation attended the 64th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) from 24 April to 14 May 2019 in Sharm El-Sheikh, the Arab Republic of Egypt. It comprised human rights defenders (HRDs) from Algeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon,...
On 14 June 2019, AfricanDefenders (Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) acknowledged and awarded distinguished human rights defenders (HRDs) on the African continent for their contribution to the advancement of human rights. The winners, Beatrice Mtetwa, Felix Agbor Aniyor, Donald Deya, Fatou Jagne Senghor, and the...
1. Twenty years after the All African Human Rights Defenders Conference held in Johannesburg in 1999, AfricanDefenders (the Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network) convened the AfricanDefenders Convention (Johannesburg+20) from 12-14 June 2019 in Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania. 2 . The Convention brought together human...
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council 11 June 2019 Ensure continued scrutiny of the human rights situation in Eritrea Excellency, We, the undersigned human rights organizations, are writing to urge you to support the adoption of a resolution at the upcoming...
