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15 Feb Ubuntu Hub Cities launched in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | Lancement de l’initiative Ubuntu Hub City à Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Posted at 15:42h in AfricanDefenders, Western Africa

[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]*Version française ci-dessous* On 14 February 2019, AfricanDefenders (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) launched the Ubuntu Hub Cities in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire - an Africa-based relocation programme for human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk. “Côte d’Ivoire is the...

13 Feb Ethiopia: AfricanDefenders and DefendDefenders meet stakeholders and HRDs in Addis Ababa

Posted at 09:04h in AfricanDefenders, East & Horn of Africa

The appointment of Dr. Abiy Ahmed as Prime Minister of Ethiopia comes with increasing reforms in the country, including opening up of civic space. Taking advantage of this opportunity, a delegation from DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and AfricanDefenders...

08 Feb AfricanDefenders launches the Ubuntu Hub Cities initiative in South Africa

Posted at 06:29h in AfricanDefenders

On 6 February 2019, AfricanDefenders (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) launched the Ubuntu Hub Cities in Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town - an Africa based relocation programme for human rights defenders (HRDs). “In designing the concept of Ubuntu Hub Cities, we wanted to challenge...

07 Feb The Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Networks becomes AfricanDefenders

Posted at 10:28h in AfricanDefenders

Visit our new website at www.africandefenders.org Dear Friends and Colleagues, It was in April 2009, at the all African Human Rights Defenders Conference (Johannesburg +10), held in Kampala, Uganda, that the idea of the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRDN) was born as an answer to...

30 Jan Zimbabwe: End crackdown on freedom of assembly and expression, and harassment of human rights defenders

Posted at 08:23h in AfricanDefenders

The Pan-Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRDN) and the undersigned organisations condemn the excessive use of lethal force by Zimbabwean security forces in a bid to disperse peaceful protestors. PAHRDN is concerned with the harassment and allegations of torture of human rights defenders (HRDs), their...

11 Jan Nominations for the African Human Rights Defenders Shield Awards re-open

Posted at 14:50h in AfricanDefenders

The Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network has re-opened nominations for the 3rd edition of the African Human Rights Defenders Shield Awards. The award will honour exceptional individuals who have contributed to changes in their community by peacefully promoting and protecting human rights. Six awards will be presented, one overall award (Pan-African Shield Award) and five sub-regional awards (East...

15 Feb Ubuntu Hub Cities launched in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | Lancement de l’initiative Ubuntu Hub City à Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

13 Feb Ethiopia: AfricanDefenders and DefendDefenders meet stakeholders and HRDs in Addis Ababa

08 Feb AfricanDefenders launches the Ubuntu Hub Cities initiative in South Africa

07 Feb The Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Networks becomes AfricanDefenders

30 Jan Zimbabwe: End crackdown on freedom of assembly and expression, and harassment of human rights defenders

11 Jan Nominations for the African Human Rights Defenders Shield Awards re-open

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