Sudan is not a Human Rights Council success story yet
28 September 2021
Both Council support and scrutiny should continue In Geneva, this
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Both Council support and scrutiny should continue In Geneva, this
In a letter released ahead of the 48th session of the
By the time Elrudia Abdalla Hussein, a Sudanese woman human rights defender was in secondary school, she had witnessed the killings of countless people. Growing up in Darfur, she observed violence and human rights abuses. “If you do not have power, you do not have rights,” she concluded. As a result, she decided to join a student association during her tertiary education to raise awareness about human rights and fight injustice.
Ahead of the third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Sudan,
Today, Floribert Chebeya Resource Centre re-opens its doors after being closed for 12
DefendDefenders welcomes the adoption of a UN Human Rights Council
Ahead of the 45th session of the UN Human Rights
Malab Alneel was only 20 when Sudan’s revolution started in December 2018, but she knew it was the moment to get involved: “I grew up in a house that was very political. All of my sisters are activists, my parents are very involved. Activism has always been there. But for me it started with the revolution. It just felt like a time for change.”
February was a hectic month for DefendDefenders with many progressive endeavours. As we continued to monitor the situation for human rights defenders (HRDs) in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region, we particularly followed the progressive, yet fragile, developments in South Sudan.
Today, DefendDefenders hosts a gathering of human rights defenders (HRDs),
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