22 Oct

Posted at 18:36h in AfricanDefenders

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the 81st session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) and the NGO Forum, we focused on amplifying the challenges faced by Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) across Africa. Our interventions during this session were...

16 Aug

Posted at 10:44h in East & Horn of Africa

This statement was first published by DefendDefenders Burundian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release lawyer Tony Germain Nkina, who was sentenced to five years in prison in June 2021 in all likelihood because of his past human rights work, six international human rights groups said today. The...

21 Apr

Posted at 13:09h in AfricanDefenders

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Oral statements delivered by AfricanDefenders and DefendDefenders at the 68th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR68). [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Item 3: Human Rights Situation in Africa Honorable Chairperson , Honorable Commissioners , State Delegates represented, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen ,  On...

05 Feb

Posted at 15:30h in AfricanDefenders

Photo Credit: AKUOT CHOL/AFP/GETTY IMAGES [button size='' style='' text='Read the letter' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HRC46-Civil-society-letter-regarding-SOUTH-SUDAN.pdf' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin='']   Ahead of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (22 Feb­­ruary-23 March 2021), a group of 40 civil society organisations urge...