64th Ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Item 3: Human Rights Situation in Africa Statement delivered by Mireille Tushiminina Madame Chairperson, distinguished Commissioners, State Delegates, representatives of National Human Rights Institutions, and Non-Governmental Organisations: The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project...
This article was first published by DefendDefenders On 3 May 2019, DefendDefenders joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Press Freedom Day, a date set aside to raise awareness on the importance of press freedom, as well as to urge governments to respect and...
As the news of the death of Samuel Dong Luak and Aggrey Ezboni Idri circulated this week, I felt extremely saddened and increasingly concerned about the region we live in. The enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing of two outspoken critics of the South Sudanese government,...
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Open letter to States on preventative engagement with, and action on, Tanzania at the Human Rights Council’s 41st session Excellency, Ahead of the 41st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council...
This article was first published by DefendDefenders In a letter issued today, DefendDefenders and partners condemn the deliberate attack on peaceful democracy protesters in Khartoum that has resulted in at least 100 dead and hundreds of injured. We demand a strong international response to immediately stop the violence...
1. Twenty years after the All African Human Rights Defenders Conference held in Johannesburg in 1999, AfricanDefenders (the Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network) convened the AfricanDefenders Convention (Johannesburg+20) from 12-14 June 2019 in Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania. 2 . The Convention brought together human...
