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...
As human rights violations continue with impunity in Eritrea, authorities refuse to cooperate with the UN human rights system, and Eritrean forces are accused of atrocities in relation to the Tigray conflict, over 40 NGOs urge states to adopt a resolution that extends the mandate of...
The online campaign calls on Algerian authorities to stop their assault on civic space and fundamental freedoms A year ago, Algerian authorities shut down the “Hirak” pro-democracy protests in most of the country. Since then, the number of unfounded terrorism prosecutions has soared, problematic amendments to the Penal Code were...
