AfricanDefenders and DefendDefenders join the rest of the world to commemorate World Refugee Day, which is celebrated annually on 20 June. This day honours the courage and strength of refugees including exiled human rights defenders (HRDs) who have fled their countries to escape persecution or...
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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances On 13 April 2015, Sandra Kodouda, a Sudanese human rights defender (HRD), was abducted in Khartoum, Sudan by a group of unidentified men. Three days later she returned home with a dislocated shoulder and clear signs of physical...
On 14 June 2019, AfricanDefenders (Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) acknowledged and awarded distinguished human rights defenders (HRDs) on the African continent for their contribution to the advancement of human rights. The winners, Beatrice Mtetwa, Felix Agbor Aniyor, Donald Deya, Fatou Jagne Senghor, and the...
[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]*Version française ci-dessous* On 19 February 2019, Tunis became part of AfricanDefenders’ (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) Ubuntu Hub Cities initiative - an African-based relocation programme for human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk. The launch of the Ubuntu...
