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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

29
Jul
2020

Strengthening Collaboration between Universities and Civil Society in Africa

24
Jul
2020

AfricanDefenders’ and DefendDefenders’ oral statements at the ACHPR66

16
Jul
2020

EXILE SHALL NOT SILENCE US!

FROM MEMBERS

  • Northern Africa
  • Western Africa
  • Central Africa
  • East & Horn of Africa
  • Southern Africa
20
Jul
2020

44th HRC must overcome barriers to civil society participation

from Northern Africa
06
Jul
2020

Egypt: Investigation of “Al-Manassa” editor-in-chief must be shelved

from Northern Africa
06
Jul
2020

Egypt: Rights defender Ahmed Amasha re-arrested, forcibly disappeared for second time

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
03
Aug
2020

Status of human rights defenders in Kenya during the covid-19 Pandemic

from East & Horn of Africa
27
Jul
2020

RELEASE JOURNALIST HOPEWELL CHIN’ONO SOLIDARITY STATEMENT BY SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS OF AFRICA

from East & Horn of Africa
20
Jul
2020

Eritrea: the UN extends scrutiny as no human rights progress can be reported

from East & Horn of 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
27
Jul
2020

ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT MUST STOP MISUSING THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO ARBITRARILY ARREST AND DETAIN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.

from Southern Africa
20
Jul
2020

THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIAL COURT OF THE PROVINCE OF GAZA AND OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN THE PURSUIT OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF JUSTICE IN THE CASE OF ANASTÁCIO MATAVELE

from Southern Africa