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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

17
Sep
2020

News from AfricanDefenders | July & August 2020

15
Sep
2020

International Democracy Day Campaign 2020

10
Sep
2020

Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa

FROM MEMBERS

  • Northern Africa
  • Western Africa
  • Central Africa
  • East & Horn of Africa
  • Southern Africa
08
Sep
2020

Egypt: Public prosecution must fulfil its role in conducting independent investigations, not state security investigations

from Northern Africa
08
Sep
2020

It’s official: In Egypt, you can now get 15 years in jail for a tweet

from Northern Africa
08
Sep
2020

Libya: National authorities and international community must urgently protect demonstrators and freedom of expression in Libya

from Northern 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
04
May
2020

Togo: Authorities must urgently protect human rights defenders

from Western 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
21
Apr
2020

Press Release of the Secretary General of the Human Rights and Environment Alliance in Chad (ADHET)

from Central Africa
10
Aug
2020

Human Rights Defender of the Month: Karis Moses Oteba

from East & Horn of Africa
10
Aug
2020

Celebration of the Resilience of Indigenous People during the International Day of World’s Indigenous People 2020.

from East & Horn of Africa
10
Aug
2020

Uganda: Standing side by side with grassroot Human Rights Defenders

from East & Horn of Africa
08
Sep
2020

ZIMBABWE LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL MONITOR

from Southern Africa
20
Aug
2020

SOUTHERN AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP

from Southern Africa
03
Aug
2020

SOUTH AFRICA: SAHRDN AND ICJ CALL ON AUTHORITIES TO END CONTINUED INTIMIDATION, HARASSMENT OF RESIDENTS OF HAPPINESS VILLAGE

from Southern Africa