07 Dec FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSEMBLY AT RISK: ARBITRARY ARREST AND DETENTION OF THREE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS M. KEMBA DIDAH ALAIN FORMER SPOKES PERSON OF THE “LYNIA” MOVEMENT AND CURRENT COORDINATOR OF THE CITIZEN MOVEMENT LE TEMPS (MCT), AND HIS COLLEAGUES MR. BESSANE PRAISES AND MR. SALEH MAHAMADOU ON FM LIBERTE RADIO IN CHAD

Posted at 09:24h in Central Africa

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URGENT CALL :   Douala-Ndjamena , November 28, 2020 : The Human Rights Defenders Network in Central Africa (REDHAC) has heard with great concern of the arbitrary and illegal arrest and detention of Mr. KEMBA Didah Alain, coordinator of the Mouvement Citoyen le Temps (MCT), and his...

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30 Apr Cameroon must protect human rights defenders – UN experts

Posted at 07:23h in Central Africa

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GENEVA (28 April 2020) – Cameroon needs to put an end to escalating intimidation and aggression towards human rights defenders to ensure they can continue their work and NGOs operate safely, UN human rights experts* said today. “The Government must strongly condemn all acts of intimidation,...

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28 Apr Cameroon: Reseau Des Defenseurs Des Droits Humains En Afrique Centrale’s statement on the massacres in Ngarbuh

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This statement was first posted by Reseau Des Defenseurs Des Droits Humains En Afrique Centrale The President of the Republic of Cameroon, who had promised that light would be shed on the massacres that had taken place in Ngarbuh, Donga-Mantung department in the north-western region...

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21 Apr Press Release of the Secretary General of the Human Rights and Environment Alliance in Chad (ADHET)

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This press statement was first published by the Human Rights and Environment Alliance in Chad ABBA DAOUD NANDJEDE-N ' Djamena April 03, 2020 Ladies and gentlemen journalists, we are going through with the world increasingly difficult times. And as we speak, hundreds and thousands of human beings...

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31 Mar Central Africa : Release Human Rights Defenders during COVID-19 pandemic

Posted at 14:37h in Central Africa

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Following the call by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on governments to urgently reduce the number of people in detention at risk of COVID-19, REDHAC has addressed governments in central Africa to encourage them to follow Bachelet’s advice. Here is the letter...

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06 Jan Joint letter to the Security Council on the situation of human rights defenders in Cameroon

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  Dear Members of the Security Council; The Human Rights Defenders Network in Central Africa, headquartered in Douala-Cameroon and which covers 8 Central African countries and Front Line Defenders headquartered in Dublin, both the organizations in charge of protection and the security of Human Rights Defenders seize...

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