Updates from November 2022
15 November 2022
Dear Friends, Dear friends and colleagues, November is that time
Dear Friends, Dear friends and colleagues, November is that time
Dear Friends, October is usually a busy month for us
On October 7, 2022, Kamau Ngugi was elected Chairperson of the East and Horn of Africa human rights defenders’ network (EHAHRD-net), a stirring affirmation for the Kenyan human rights defender’s efforts in defense of human rights that go back nearly 30 years.
But it was not always this promising for her. Born 37 years ago in Grand Kru, Southeastern Liberia, Margaret had to do with a childhood of abuse, neglect, and want, after her, her sibling and her mother were abandoned by their father at an early age.
Dear Colleagues, Globally, September has been an eventful month, with
Dear Friends, Dear friends, Greetings from DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders. I
At first encounter, Issah Musundi is a coy, if not shy, mostly reserved lad. But behind that quiet disposition is a steely character and an enforced existence.
Born 27 years ago in Kenya’s border district of Busia, Issah belongs to Kenya’s sexual minorities community, who have had to win majority rights that other Kenyans take for granted.
Dear Friends, This month, we concluded a busy and productive
Dear Colleagues, Greetings from DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa
Call for applications for human rights defenders from Uganda, Kenya,
Oral statements delivered during the 50th session of the UN
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