18 Jun

Posted at 11:53h in AfricanDefenders, Central Africa, East & Horn of Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa

On 14 June 2019, AfricanDefenders (Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) acknowledged and awarded distinguished human rights defenders (HRDs) on the African continent for their contribution to the advancement of human rights. The winners, Beatrice Mtetwa, Felix Agbor Aniyor, Donald Deya,  Fatou Jagne Senghor, and the...

18 Jun

Posted at 07:25h in AfricanDefenders, Central Africa, East & Horn of Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa

 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...

05 Mar

Posted at 09:14h in Northern Africa

This article was first published by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Protect Human Rights in Counter terrorism Operations States at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva should ensure that Egypt is not allowed to seize a leading role in relation to the mandate of the...