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18 January 2018
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On the International Human Rights Defenders Day, DefendDefenders (the East
In October, DefendDefenders travelled to the Gambia, accompanied by human
DefendDefenders examines the challenges journalists face, and provides an overview of the various strategies they have used to circumvent and continue their work amid these restrictions
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
We are incredibly excited to announce Ngao Yetu: Digital Security with
Eleven human rights groups unequivocally condemn the extra-judicial killing of
Although the Internet has become a powerful tool for human rights defenders, they are also increasingly confronted with government imposed restrictions. In an Oral Intervention, DefendDefenders highlights worrying trends affecting freedom of expression online in Tanzania and Uganda.
DefendDefenders raises challenges facing human rights organisations and campaigns at an institutional level in the East and Horn of Africa at the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Despite the adoption of various resolution by the African Commission, the right to freedom of expression continues to be violated both online and offline. In Niamey, DefendDefenders provides an overview of the most pressing cases from the sub-region to the Commissioners.
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