This post was first published by 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 for the period October 2019-April 2020, focusing on issues pertaining to...
This post was first published by DefendDefenders In March 2020, Uganda’s Constitutional Court nullified the Public Order Management Act, 2013 (POMA), a law that made arbitrary restrictions on freedom of assembly possible. One of the people behind the successful petition of POMA is Onyango Owor, a Ugandan lawyer with 15...
This article was first published by DefendDefenders The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a serious global health crisis that has already caused several hundred thousand deaths worldwide and continues to be a threat to our health and livelihoods. Millions have been, and millions more will be, infected. Measures...
This post was first published by DefendDefenders Kadar Abdi Ibrahim is an outspoken human rights activist and journalist from Djibouti – a country where journalists are frequently harassed, subjected to government-orchestrated intimidation and reprisals, and prevented from pursuing their work independently. Yet, Kadar continues to use his voice...
This statement was written by Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition Today, 8 April 2020, Kisutu Residents Magistrate Court delivered the judgment on the case which involved Maxence Melo and one another (Mike William) The two accused persons were charged with obstruction of investigation contrary to section...
This statement was first posted by DefendDefenders DefendDefenders is concerned over a statement released by Somalia’s intelligence service, the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), in which the agency accused renowned journalist, author, and Al-Shabaab expert Harun Maruf of being “a threat” to national security and...
