ACHPR: Strengthen Efforts to End Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in Africa
13 October 2012
As the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights continues
As the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights continues
October 9, 2012 Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Federal Democratic Republic
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This is a joint statement on behalf of: Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Human Rights Watch, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, CIVICUS, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues
(FIDH), East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, Human Rights House Foundation, International Commission of Jurists, International Service for Human Rights.
Following the announcement on 21st August 2012 of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s death, Ethiopia’s new leadership should recommit the State to the full respect of its population’s human rights, especially the freedoms of association, assembly and expression, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) said in a statement to the UN Human Rights Council yesterday
Following the announcement on 21 August 2012 of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s death, Ethiopia’s new leadership should recommit the State to the full respect of its population’s human rights. The Human Rights Council and Ethiopia’s international partners should equally take the opportunity to call for a number of pressing reforms to re-establish respect for the freedoms of association, assembly and expression as a matter of priority during this time of transition.
IFISO Independent Vetting Coalition congratulates Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on his
IFISO Independent Vetting Coalition calls upon the newly selected Federal
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
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