Q & A With Hassan Shire
17 February 2015
As originally published in the East African, January 31st- 6th
As originally published in the East African, January 31st- 6th
Opinion Piece: The East African As originally published in the
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
DefendDefenders details extensively how the relationship between civil society and Burundian state authorities dramatically deteriorated ahead of the April 2015 Presidential elections.
Ms. Yohanan Assefa, a Program Officer with the National Endowment
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
Business must be booming for teargas suppliers in Africa. Many of the continent’s law enforcement agencies have shown a fondness for excessive force, including through the use of less-than-lethal crowd control tactics, such as teargas. Those on the receiving end are often citizens active and brave enough to exercise their right to protest in defense of their human rights, and the rights of others.
Ahead of Kenya’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council tomorrow, CIVICUS and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) urge the government to stop its onslaught against civil society and urgently address backsliding on civic freedoms.
We have lost a figure-father, mentor, a dear friend, and
Twenty nine regional and international NGO’s in a joint letter urge President Obama to support a United Nations Security Council arms embargo on both parties to the conflict in South Sudan