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Publication Launch: The State of African Human Rights Defenders 2016

on 07 May 2017

Publication Launch: The State of African Human Rights Defenders 2016

on 07 May 2017
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LATEST STORIES

FROM AFRICANDEFENDERS

21
Apr
2021

AfricanDefenders’ and DefendDefenders’ statements at ACHPR68

12
Apr
2021

Virtual Forum on the Participation of NGOs in ACHPR68

17
Mar
2021

Joint NGO Letter to the Chairperson of the African Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat on the situation in Ethiopia 

FROM MEMBERS

  • Northern Africa
  • Western Africa
  • Central Africa
  • East & Horn of Africa
  • Southern Africa
20
Apr
2021

Libya: Press Freedom is the Path to Free and Fair Election

from Northern Africa
13
Apr
2021

Egypt: Urgent concern over health of imprisoned journalist Solafa Magdy

from Northern Africa
23
Mar
2021

Libya: Human Rights Briefing (November – December 2020)

from Northern Africa
26
Oct
2020

Nigeria: Respect the freedom of assembly

from AfricanDefenders|Western Africa
27
May
2020

The West African Human Rights Defenders Network (WAHRDN) denounces a counter-terrorism imbued with a silent genocide on the Fulani people in Burkina Faso.

from Western Africa
12
May
2020

WAHRDN’s statement on the decision of Benin and Côte d’Ivoire to withdraw their declaration under Article 34(6) of the Protocol of the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights

from Western Africa
07
Dec
2020

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSEMBLY AT RISK: ARBITRARY ARREST AND DETENTION OF THREE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS M. KEMBA DIDAH ALAIN FORMER SPOKES PERSON OF THE “LYNIA” MOVEMENT AND CURRENT COORDINATOR OF THE CITIZEN MOVEMENT LE TEMPS (MCT), AND HIS COLLEAGUES MR. BESSANE PRAISES AND MR. SALEH MAHAMADOU ON FM LIBERTE RADIO IN CHAD

from Central Africa
30
Apr
2020

Cameroon must protect human rights defenders – UN experts

from Central Africa
28
Apr
2020

Cameroon: Reseau Des Defenseurs Des Droits Humains En Afrique Centrale’s statement on the massacres in Ngarbuh

from Central Africa
20
Apr
2021

ACHPR68: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (October 2020-April 2021)

from Defenders|East & Horn of Africa
13
Apr
2021

PERCEPTION SURVEY REPORT : THE IMPACT OF COMMUNICATION SURVEILLANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN KENYA

from East & Horn of Africa
23
Mar
2021

UGANDA: STATEMENT ON OFFICE BREAK-IN AT CHAPTER FOUR UGANDA.

from East & Horn of Africa
20
Apr
2021

Zimbabwe Human Rights Defenders Assets and Needs Assessment Report

from Southern Africa
01
Mar
2021

2020 Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Summit Process Report

from Southern Africa
10
Nov
2020

THE SOUTHERN AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK CONDEMNS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES FOLLOWING ELECTIONS IN TANZANIA

from Southern Africa