In a letter made public today, DefendDefenders and a group of NGOs call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights (CoHR) in South Sudan. Despite the signing of a Revitalised Peace Agreement to end the conflict in the country, the...
The Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition has been saddened and strictly condemns various statements recently made by some political leaders which encourage the killings of political activists defending social rights in Tanzania. Such statements have been made in and outside the Parliament of the United Republic...
This article was published by KIOS Foundation Memory Bandera Rwampony, DefendDefenders' program director, was invited by KIOS Foundation to give input on how the European Union could effectively support women human rights defenders Brave women from around the world visited Helsinki at the end of August...
This article first appeared on National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda's website (Kampala / January 13, 2020) The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda (NCHRD-U) expresses concern over the escalation of human rights violations across 2019, specifically targeting Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). As...
This post first appeared on DefendDefender's website Dear friends and colleagues, Happy new year! As we leave 2019 behind us, I wish to reflect on our activities and events that had an impact on the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region...
This post first appeared on DefendDefenders' website Mr. Michel Forst United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Professor Rémy Ngoy Lumbu African Commission Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa Dear Sirs, Re: Urgent Request for Intervention in the Case of...
