Sudan: Urgent concern for human rights defender on hunger strike over unlawful detention
14 February 2017
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, a prominent Sudanese human rights defender,
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, a prominent Sudanese human rights defender,
DefendDefenders was pleased to meet with H.E. Henk Jan Bakker,
The Open Observatory of Network Interference, with support of DefendDefenders as a project partner, is releasing “Ooniprobe – Measure Internet Censorship & Performance”, a new, easy-to-use mobile app that will allow almost anyone to track and collect network censorship data.
Somaliland authorities should immediately end judicial harassment of the Human Right Center’s staff.
(20 December 2016) A prominent Sudanese human rights defender (HRD),
Dear friends and colleagues, 2016 has been a challenging year
Thank you Mr President.
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project welcomes this Special Session and the Commission’s work to provide much-needed scrutiny of the Government of South Sudan and armed actors’ intolerable human rights violations. By speaking out about a looming catastrophe, orchestrated ethnic cleansing, and the very real possibility of further mass atrocities they have sounded the alarm […]
Ethiopian authorities should immediately disclose the location of Temesgen Desalegn,
We, the undersigned African and international non-governmental organizations, are writing to bring to your attention in your capacities as Special Procedure mandate holders worrying developments concerning the detention and trial of ten human rights defenders in Sudan. We urge you to call on the Government of Sudan to immediately and unconditionally drop all charges against ten staff members and affiliates of the Centre for Training and Human Development (TRACKs), an organization which provides training on a range of issues from IT to human rights, in two overlapping cases that include crimes against the state. Crimes against the state charges carry the death penalty […]
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