AFRICAN DEFENDERS | Northern 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...

11 Apr Egypt: Atrocious prison conditions require genuine rather than superficial changes to the law regulating prisons

Posted at 09:50h in Northern Africa

Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Egypt’s parliament approved the amendment of several provisions of Law no. 369 of 1956 on the regulation of prisons and it was ratified by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on 20 March. These amendments encompass changes to the following terms:...

28 Feb Egypt: Government must immediately close Case 173 and end assault on human rights organisations and defenders

Posted at 07:49h in Northern Africa

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s failure to close Case no. 173 of 2011, commonly known as the “NGO Foreign Funding Case”, which has now been ongoing for over a decade despite the sporadic issuance of decisions to suspend investigations or lift...

07 Feb Egypt: Authorities must repeal the outrageous NGO law

Posted at 08:21h in Northern Africa

In light of these concerning developments and Egypt's long standing and well documented pattern of reprisals against human rights defenders, urgent action is required to avert the Egyptian government's attempts to annihilate the human rights movement in the country....

21 Jun Ethiopia: United Nations urged to take action on human rights crisis in Tigray

Posted at 07:06h in AfricanDefenders, East & Horn of Africa, Northern Africa

On 10 June, twelve regional and international human rights organizations, including AfricanDefenders sent a joint letter to representatives of member states and observer states in the United Nations Human Rights Council, urging them to adopt a resolution at the upcoming 47th session of the Council...

21 Jun Algeria: Criminalisation of Fundamental Freedoms Requires Urgent Response

Posted at 07:02h in AfricanDefenders, Northern Africa

In response to the Algerian government’s crackdown on opposition and independent forces in the country, AfricanDefenders,the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, in cooperation with 80 Algerian, regional and international human rights organisations, sent a letter to the member states of the United Nations Human...

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

11 Apr Egypt: Atrocious prison conditions require genuine rather than superficial changes to the law regulating prisons

28 Feb Egypt: Government must immediately close Case 173 and end assault on human rights organisations and defenders

07 Feb Egypt: Authorities must repeal the outrageous NGO law

21 Jun Ethiopia: United Nations urged to take action on human rights crisis in Tigray

21 Jun Algeria: Criminalisation of Fundamental Freedoms Requires Urgent Response

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