NGO forum preceding the 71st ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights [vc_row row_type='expandable' text_align='center' background_color='' border_color='' more_button_label='Statement on the update on democracy, rule of law and human rights the East and Horn of Africa' less_button_label='' button_position='center' color=''][vc_column width='1/1'] As the continent grapples...
[button size='' style='' text='Click here for the full report' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1647276053890.pdf' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] This report gives findings of an Assessment on the Shrinking Online and Offline Civic Space and Security for Human Rights Defenders, including Social...
DefendDefenders joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Women’s Day 2022. This year’s theme: “Gender Equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,” reiterates the importance of eliminating any gender barriers and differentiations in the fight against climate change. In particular, it draws our attention to the nexus...
In a first for the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (Southern Defenders), the 2021 Southern Defenders two-day annual summit was hosted in a city outside its headquarters in Johannesburg and was taken to the capital city of Mozambique, Maputo. The Southern Defenders in partnership...
Sign the petition at change.org We, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals are deeply concerned that a Nigerian filmmaker Aminu Umar Mukhtar, popularly known as Aminu Nasara, has reportedly been declared wanted by the Kano State Censorship Board for allegedly promoting immorality with his new drama series...
On the third anniversary of the pro-democracy protest movement “Hirak”, the undersigned organisations are highly dismayed at the dangerous intensification of repressive tactics used by the Algerian authorities to silence peaceful dissent and stifle civil society. The arrests of human rights defenders Zaki Hannache and...
