Our newsletter is also available in French! Highlights Ubuntu Hub Cities initiative launched in Praia, Cabo Verde. “Lusophone human rights defenders (HRDs) now have a place to relocate when they are at risk. I thank the government of Cabo Verde for opening their country to HRDs at risk.” -Hassan Shire,...
Brussels, 7 September 2022.- In a joint statement published today at the initiative of ProtectDefenders.eu, 50 international civil society organisations are calling on all European Union institutions and the EU Member States to return on their political mandate in favor of human rights and human...
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO JOIN THE EAST AFRICA WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK(EAWHRDN) The East Africa Women Human Rights Defenders Network (hereafter: Network) is pleased to announce the launch of the call for applications for women human rights defenders from Eritrea, Somalia, Burundi, and Djibouti to...
[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] What pushed you to start your activism? [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/website-what-pushed-us.mp4"][/video] What inspires your craft? [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ArtistsAsHRDs-what-inspires-your-craft.mp4"][/video] Get to know us [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ArtistsAsHRDs-get-to-know-us-for-review-.mp4-1.mp4"][/video] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][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_gallery interval="3" images="25267,25268,25269,25270,25271"] Campaign Launch [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Hassan-campaign-launchwebsite.mp4"][/video] [vc_row row_type='expandable' text_align='center' background_color=''...
[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]On 24 August 2022, DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders officially launched the eighth Ubuntu Hub City in Praia, Cabo Verde. Today’s event gathered, among others, Hon. Prof. Remy Ngoy Lumbu the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights...
We, the undersigned civil society organisations and community of human rights defenders from the Southern Africa region and beyond, condemn and denounce in the strongest possible terms the macabre and cowardly act of threatening the physical integrity of leading social activist, Professor AdrianoNuvunga, Director of...
