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
Having considered reports on the situation for human rights defenders
Ayant considéré les rapports sur la situation des défenseurs des droits humains dans chaque pays de la sous-région à savoir le Burundi, le Djibouti, l’Érythrée, l’Éthiopie, le Kenya, le Rwanda, la Somalie (et le Somaliland), le Sud-Soudan, le Soudan, la Tanzanie et l’Ouganda…
On behalf of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network, I would like to thank the Commissioners for their commitment to promoting and protecting the rights contained in the Charter, and to take this opportunity to raise some of the key issues that have affected human rights defenders in the region and their ability to carry out their work over the past six months.
Hassan Shire Sheikh, Chairperson, East and Horn of Africa Human
EHAHRD-Net welcomes the opportunity offered by the 50th Ordinary Session
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Intervention
On the occasion of the 48th Ordinary Session of the
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in collaboration
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