A campaign about African women human rights defenders and courage By AfricanDefenders & DefendDefenders Illustrations: Primordial M Story: Gentrix Barasa THE STORY OF MARTHA (1:3) Listen to the podcast here:   [audio mp3="https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Martha-final.mp3"][/audio]   A woman could be heard screaming from a distance in the town square. The distinct sound of a whip hitting...

In a new report launched today, Navigating Justice: Lawyers as Human Rights Defenders in Ethiopia and Somalia/Somaliland, DefendDefenders examines the work of lawyers to identify their best practices, vulnerabilities, and needs in these rapidly changing environments. This report outlines several avenues governments, donors, and non-governmental organisations...

1.0 Introduction. Tanzanian Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) together with the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) are greatly saddened and disappointed by the withdrawal of the Government United Republic of Tanzania from the Declaration that allows citizens and Civil Society Organizations to directly file complaints...