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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

28
Oct
2020

In Memory of Diallo Abdul Gadiry

26
Oct
2020

Nigeria: Respect the freedom of assembly

20
Oct
2020

Joint Civil Society Statement in the Case of Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu v. Kaduna State: An Opportunity to Protect Free Speech in Nigeria

FROM MEMBERS

  • Northern Africa
  • Western Africa
  • Central Africa
  • East & Horn of Africa
  • Southern Africa
26
Oct
2020

Egypt: Days before a verdict in the trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza, government’s vindictive use of terrorism charges against peaceful critics denounced by human rights organizations

from Northern Africa
07
Oct
2020

Egypt: International NGOs call for the immediate release of human rights defenders Mohamed El-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah on the first anniversary of their arrest

from Northern Africa
29
Sep
2020

Algeria: Intensifying crackdown on civil society and journalists amidst COVID-19 pandemic and before referendum a danger to free speech and public health

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
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
07
Oct
2020

UN Human Rights Council – 45 th regular session : Adoption of the report on the UPR of Kenya

from East & Horn of Africa
29
Sep
2020

ABUSIVE ARRESTS IN UGANDA : NGOS CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF JOURNALISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS DEFENDERS

from East & Horn of Africa
29
Sep
2020

UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS IN PERIL AS COVID-19 ESCALATES IN THE FACE OF 2021 ELECTIONS

from East & Horn of Africa
26
Oct
2020

THE KILLING OF SOMKHELE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST, FIKILE NTSHANGASE

from Southern 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