Les défenseurs des droits de l’homme burundais opèrent dans un
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
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.
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
East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP)
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
Joint Press Statement Since 15 December 2013, South Sudan’s descent
Throughout 2014, human rights defenders in South Sudan have borne
Blog post by Hassan Shire As the 2015 general elections
Ethiopia’s already limited space for civil society and human rights defenders is undergoing further contraction, warns CIVICUS, The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, and the Ethiopia Human Rights Project (EHRP). Throughout 2014, Ethiopian authorities have orchestrated an unprecedented legislative assault on journalists, and independent voices within civil society, undermining fundamental human rights and restricting the operating environment for civil society and human rights defenders.
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