ACHPR61: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (May – October 2017)
1 November 2017
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
Human Rights Council: 36th Session Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with
We are incredibly excited to announce Ngao Yetu: Digital Security with
In an oral statement, Executive Director Hassan Shire updates the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the situation in the East and Horn of Africa, and calls to end the climate of impunity that has prevails in many countries across the sub-region.
On the opening day of its 60th Ordinary Session, DefendDefenders (East
On World Press Freedom Day, I would like to take
Just three percent of people live in countries where the
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network
Somaliland authorities should immediately end judicial harassment of the Human Right Center’s staff.
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.