ACHPR62: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (October 2017 – April 2018)
25 April 2018
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
Get away from it all but bring your skills with you. The DefendersTech Program at DefendDefenders is looking for technology professionals to join our team. On this short, costs-covered, secondment to Kampala, Uganda you will help human rights defenders working in the dynamic but turbulent countries of East and Horn of Africa to use technology safely and effectively. You will support and develop the ragtag team of trainers and technologists at DefendDefenders by contributing your unique expertise to our existing projects or begin the development of new ones.
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.
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