The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) and the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (AfricanDefenders) call on the Malawi authorities to immediately investigate the petrol bombing of Timothy Mtambo’s house in Lilongwe, Malawi, in the early hours of 15 August 2019, and to bring...
This statement was first published by the West Africa Human Rights Defenders Network. The West Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (WAHRDN) is very worried with the spate of violence and killings meted out to fellow African from other parts of Africa by some citizens of South...
South Africa: The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) and the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (AfricanDefenders) strongly condemn the violence against foreign nationals living in South Africa. On 1 September 2019, waves of xenophobic violence erupted in South Africa, as South African citizens attacked...
22 July 2019 | Johannesburg, South Africa As part of its use of strategic litigation as a means to protect the rights of human rights defenders (HRDs), the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN), has launched a complaint with the African Commission on Human and...
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...
