AFRICAN DEFENDERS | East & Horn of Africa

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 May A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis.

Posted at 11:57h in East & Horn of Africa

This post was first published on DefendDefenders' Website DefendDefenders joins the rest of the world to commemorate world press freedom day whose focus this year is on journalism in the face of the environmental crisis. This years’s theme emphasises the importance of journalism and the right...

08 Apr Joint submission ahead of Ethiopia’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Posted at 08:56h in East & Horn of Africa

This post was first published by DefendDefenders CIVICUS is a global alliance of civil society organisations (CSOs) and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society around the world. Founded in 1993, CIVICUS has members in more than 180 countries throughout the world. The East and...

04 Apr South Sudan: international human rights scrutiny will cover 2024 elections

Posted at 09:22h in East & Horn of Africa

This post was first published by DefendDefenders By adopting a resolution entitled “Advancing human rights in South Sudan,” the UN Human Rights Council ensured that international scrutiny of South Sudan’s human rights situation will cover the country’s first-ever national elections, which are set to take place...

25 Apr UGANDA: A CALL TO END THE CONTINUOUS UNABATED ASSAULT ON FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.

Posted at 07:59h in East & Horn of Africa

The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda (NCHRD-U) with its partners note with concern the escalation in violation of human rights and the continued disrespect of the rights and freedoms of human rights defenders. Colleagues from the press, we have invited you here today,...

25 Apr PRESS STATEMENT: SHRINKING CIVIC SPACE IN KENYA AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST

Posted at 07:56h in East & Horn of Africa

Source: Defenders Coalition website STATEMENT OVER THE VIOLENT UNLAWFUL ARRESTS OF JULIUS KAMAU, MINOO KYA, CLINTON OJIAMBO NAHASHON MACHARIA AND ANTHONY KANYIRI: FREEDOM TO DEMONSTRATE, PICKET, AND PRESENT PETITIONS. #FREETOPROTEST 11 Apri 2022 We, the undersigned organizations, are concerned that State Organs continue criminalizing Kenyans who exercise their right...

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

03 May A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis.

08 Apr Joint submission ahead of Ethiopia’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

04 Apr South Sudan: international human rights scrutiny will cover 2024 elections

25 Apr UGANDA: A CALL TO END THE CONTINUOUS UNABATED ASSAULT ON FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.

25 Apr PRESS STATEMENT: SHRINKING CIVIC SPACE IN KENYA AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST

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