Source: The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network Gone are the days of Mozambique being the donor darling; the days of it being a success story, a model of post-civil war political stability and good macroeconomic policy. Mozambique was briefly Africa’s biggest recipient of aid and...
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Open letter to States on preventative engagement with, and action on, Tanzania at the Human Rights Council’s 41st session Excellency, Ahead of the 41st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council...
Mrs. Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Banjul, Gambia Dear Chairperson, Re: Protest Petition against the poor treatment accorded to civil society organisations during the 38th forum of the NGO forum preceding the 64th session of the ordinary session in Sharma El Sheikh...
*Version française ci-dessous* OPEN LETTER His Excellency Paul BIYA President of the Republic of Cameroon Yaoundé, Cameroun Object: Letter of protest related to the Government’s attacks and reprisals against international and regional human rights organizations Your Excellency Mr. President, We, the participants at the Forum on the Participation of Civil Society Organizations...
[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...
[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 14 February 2019, AfricanDefenders (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) launched the Ubuntu Hub Cities in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire - an Africa-based relocation programme for human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk. “Côte d’Ivoire is the...
