ACHPR58: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (October 2015 – March 2016)
6 April 2016
An overview of the Human Rights Situation in the East and Horn of Africa between October 2015 and March 2016
An overview of the Human Rights Situation in the East and Horn of Africa between October 2015 and March 2016
Four representatives of Sudanese civil society were intercepted by security officials at Khartoum International Airport on their way to a high level human rights meeting with diplomats in Geneva. 36 organisations and seven prominent Sudanese individuals condemn this blatant contempt for HRDs in Sudan and human rights in general.
The Universal Periodic Review is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. DefendDefenders submitted four joint reports for the UPRs of South Sudan and Uganda.
DefendDefenders hit the ground running in 2016, as human rights defenders across the entire sub-region of the East and Horn of Africa face increasing restrictions on their rights and their ability to work.
Sudanese authorities should stop harassing civil society activists and allow them to work without arbitrary interference and intimidation.
CIVIVUS and DefendDefenders call upon the Human Rights Council to establish a Special Rapporteur to ensure constant scrutiny of the human rights situation in South Sudan.
45 CSOs call upon the council to support resolution on the protection of human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights.
Oral statement on the adoption of the UPR report of Rwanda delivered by Laurent Munyandilikirwa at the UN Human Rights Council.
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Over the course of the electoral period, Ugandan police and security forces have targeted scores of journalists by restricting access to information, damaging and confiscating equipment, and have subjected them to intimidation, physical attacks and arbitrary arrests.
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