The Human Rights Council should strengthen its action on Eritrea
20 May 2022
As human rights violations continue with impunity in Eritrea, authorities
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As human rights violations continue with impunity in Eritrea, authorities
Following the military coup of 25 October 2021, the UN
Today, 3 May 2021, DefendDefenders joins the rest of the
Alex Njenga has always believed in egalitarianism both as a principle and as a tool for justice. As a result, he has always been suspicious of, and at times hostile to social prejudices that treat some people as “more equal than others,” – to use a line from George Orwell’s famed political fable, Animal Farm.
Some of the experiences that have shaped his social and political outlook have been personal. As an adolescent in Kenya’s Uasin Gishu County, Alex was stigmatised and denied healthcare after he identified himself as belonging to Kenya’s sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) community.
Today, 29 April 2022, DefendDefenders launched “Overlooked and Unseen: Human
Somalia and Somaliland Somalia continues to face insecurity, conflict, and recurring
Statement on the update on democracy, rule of law and
This year’s “March” session of the Human Rights Council (HRC49)
Abacha Ahmed Ibrahim is one of his country’s leading advocates for the rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).
Born 34 years ago into a family of Eight, in Kajokeji County, East of Juba, the Capital of South Sudan, Abacha ’s passion for human rights was born out of grim personal experience. At birth, he was immediately neglected by his father on discovering that the little infant was visually impaired.
“My own father denied me access to education because he considered my disability a kind of misfortune brought to him by my mother,” he says.
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