En avril 2009, à la Conférence panafricaine des défenseurs des droits humains (Johannesburg + 10), des DDH et des parties prenantes internationales se sont réunis à Kampala, en Ouganda, pour faire le point sur les progrès accomplis en matière de protection des DDH depuis la...
The appointment of Dr. Abiy Ahmed as Prime Minister of Ethiopia comes with increasing reforms in the country, including opening up of civic space. Taking advantage of this opportunity, a delegation from DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and AfricanDefenders...
[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]*Version française ci-dessous* On 14 February 2019, AfricanDefenders (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) launched the Ubuntu Hub Cities in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire - an Africa-based relocation programme for human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk. “Côte d’Ivoire is the...
[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]*Version française ci-dessous* On 19 February 2019, Tunis became part of AfricanDefenders’ (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) Ubuntu Hub Cities initiative - an African-based relocation programme for human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk. The launch of the Ubuntu...
The aspiration of the Sudanese people must be protected and supported! In a statement, AfricanDefenders joins other African civil society organisations in rejecting military rule and expressing the need for a civilian leadership through a democratic transition. Additionally, we call upon the UN Security Council to support...
*Version française ci-dessous* OPEN LETTER His Excellency Paul BIYA President of the Republic of Cameroon Yaoundé, Cameroun Object: Letter of protest related to the Government’s attacks and reprisals against international and regional human rights organizations Your Excellency Mr. President, We, the participants at the Forum on the Participation of Civil Society Organizations...
