20 African and international non-governmental organizations are writing to the Permanent Representatives of the UN Human Rights Council to urgently support the convening of a Special Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the deteriorating human rights situation in South Sudan.
Somaliland government authorities must allow the immediate reopening of independent
Your Excellency, The undersigned nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are writing to
Seven student activists are now detained without access to their
The Swaziland authorities should immediately release Mr. Thulani Maseko and Mr. Bheki Makhubu, the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network said today. The human rights lawyer and journalist were arrested on Monday 17th March 2014, reportedly in response to articles published in a national magazine.
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
President Museveni’s decision to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Act into law
South Sudan: Civil Society Under Threat; Increased Human Rights Monitoring
Kenyan police must immediately release Muchangi Nyaga, a human rights
The Government of Eritrea should accept recommendations to cooperate fully with the United Nations human rights system, said Human Rights Concern-Eritrea, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, following its examination at the Universal Periodic Review yesterday.
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