Hassan’s Blog: Free press at risk in the East and Horn of Africa
3 May 2017
On World Press Freedom Day, I would like to take
On World Press Freedom Day, I would like to take
Just three percent of people live in countries where the
DefendDefenders hit the ground running at the first session of
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network
Ethiopian authorities should immediately disclose the location of Temesgen Desalegn,
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) concluded
Governments in the sub-region continue to restrict legitimate expressions of dissent, individually and collectively, online and offline, through repressive legislation, physical attacks, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and harassment.
Throughout the East and Horn of Africa sub-region, the fundamental right to expression continues to be undermined by attacks both on an individual and collective level. Governments have forcibly closed NGOs and media outlets, and obstructed online expression through Internet and social media shutdowns. At the same time, journalists and human rights defenders face intimidation, physical attacks, arrests and detentions as a result of their work.
On the opening day of its 59th Ordinary session, DefendDefenders calls
DefendDefenders is gravely concerned with the escalating human rights crisis in Ethiopia and the alarming level of threat civil society in South Sudan is facing.
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