AFRICAN DEFENDERS | Defenders

19 Nov Final Communiqué of the Extra-Ordinary General Assembly of the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network

Posted at 11:04h in AfricanDefenders, Defenders, Featured, Southern Africa

The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SouthernDefenders) convened its Extra-Ordinary General Assembly (EGA) on 17 and 18 November 2025 in South Africa. Delegates from Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, eSwatini, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe participated, alongside representatives from the...

19 Dec Stand With REDHAC: Defending Civic Space and Human Rights in Cameroon

Posted at 11:34h in AfricanDefenders, Afrique Centrale, Afrique De L'ouest, Afrique du Nord, Afrique du sud, Central Africa, Defenders, East & Horn of Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa

AfricanDefenders and its network members and partners are deeply concerned and disturbed by recent news of the unjustifiable imposition of a restriction on the Network of Human Rights Defenders in Central Africa (REDHAC) to operate throughout Cameroon. AfricanDefenders and all its member networks believe this...

03 Apr Mary Pais Da Silva

Posted at 07:48h in Defenders

Pan-Africa Human rights Defenders Shield Award...

20 Apr ACHPR68: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (October 2020-April 2021)

Posted at 11:55h in Defenders, East & Horn of Africa

Source: DefendDefenders In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), DefendDefenders highlights the most pressing human rights issues in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region from October 2020 to April 2021, focusing on issues pertaining to civic space (freedoms of opinion...