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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

23
Dec
2020

Joint Civil Society Statement on the Arrest and Arbitrary Detention of Ugandan Human Rights Defenders

18
Dec
2020

End of year statement 2020

18
Nov
2020

NEWS from AfricanDefenders| September & October 2020

FROM MEMBERS

  • Northern Africa
  • Western Africa
  • Central Africa
  • East & Horn of Africa
  • Southern Africa
23
Nov
2020

Libya must end systematic impunity and investigate the killing of lawyer and political activist Hanan al-Barassi

from Northern Africa
23
Nov
2020

Egypt: Solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Urged by Human Rights Community in Open Letter to Ambassadors and Diplomats

from Northern Africa
10
Nov
2020

Egypt: Government called on to end internet censorship and website blocking

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
11
Jan
2021

Security and safety during elections

from East & Horn of Africa
23
Nov
2020

PRESS STATEMENT ON STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND NHRI CONSTITUTION

from East & Horn of Africa
02
Nov
2020

Final Communiqué on the 6th hybrid EHAHRD-Net focal point meeting

from East & Horn of Africa
10
Nov
2020

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

from Southern Africa
10
Nov
2020

SOUTHERN AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: MOZAMBIQUE – THE BUILDING POWER TO DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIC SPACE

from Southern Africa
26
Oct
2020

THE KILLING OF SOMKHELE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST, FIKILE NTSHANGASE

from Southern Africa