ACHPR59: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (April – October 2016)
21 October 2016
On the opening day of its 59th Ordinary session, DefendDefenders calls
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.
A group of civil society organizations are calling for an
Oral statements to the Council Open letters and press releases
Union africaine: Des activistes africains contestent les attaques contre la Cour Pénale Internationale.
DefendDefenders and more than 80 other organisations have called on the UN Human Rights Council to support a resolution on “the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet” and to reject attempts led by Russia and China to weaken it.
244 civil society organisations urge Member States of the UNHRC to support the draft resolution on the protection of civil society space, while rejecting fifteen amendments tabled by the Russian Federation that would undermine international efforts to safeguard space or civil society.
DefendDefenders highlights the continuing deterioration of the situation of human rights defenders in Burundi and the continued use of the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation to prosecute peaceful protesters in Ethiopia at the UN Human Rights Council.
Brussels, 13 June 2016 Dear President, High Representative, Dear Commissioners,
The Ethiopian Government must end its escalating crackdown on human rights defenders, independent media, peaceful protestors as well as members and leaders of the political opposition through the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.