With Ethiopia standing as a candidate for election to this Council and with the change in leadership in the country following the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, EHAHRDP calls on the government to carry out important reforms to re-establish respect for the freedoms of association, assembly and expression as a matter of priority.
Press Statement UN: Time to Go Beyond Reporting on Reprisals
A number of cases of reprisals against HRDs in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region have been reported by the Secretary-General. The details are available in the Secretary-General’s reports, but in summary these have taken the form of physical attacks, killings, arbitrary and incommunicado detention, torture and ill-treatment, death threats and media smear campaigns against organizations and individuals. Individuals have even been charged with “working with international organizations hostile to [the country]”.
IFISO Independent Vetting Coalition congratulates Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on his
23rd August 2012 Eighteen human rights defenders representing thirteen organizations
Article 19, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Committee to
Foreign ministers of African Union (AU) member states should reconsider
The establishment of a Special Rapporteur on Eritrea by the
Johannesburg, 25 June 2012. Civil society space in Uganda is
The verdict on 22 May, 2012 in the trial of those accused of killing Ernest Manirumva, a Burundian anti-corruption activist, has been a missed opportunity to deliver justice, 20 Burundian and international non-governmental organizations said today in a joint statement. The outcome was a grave disappointment to those who have campaigned for his killers to be held to account, as potentially important evidence in the case was not pursued.