An overview of the Human Rights Situation in the East and Horn of Africa between October 2015 and March 2016
The Universal Periodic Review is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. DefendDefenders submitted four joint reports for the UPRs of South Sudan and Uganda.
DefendDefenders hit the ground running in 2016, as human rights defenders across the entire sub-region of the East and Horn of Africa face increasing restrictions on their rights and their ability to work.
Over the course of the electoral period, Ugandan police and security forces have targeted scores of journalists by restricting access to information, damaging and confiscating equipment, and have subjected them to intimidation, physical attacks and arbitrary arrests.
25 CSOs urgently request immediate action to condemn the internet shutdown in Uganda, and to prevent any systematic or targeted attacks on democracy and freedom of expression in other African nations during forthcoming elections in 2016.
On 18 February 2016, Uganda will hold its general elections,
10 December 2015 – International Human Rights Day As International
57th Ordinary Session of the Africa Commission on Human and
57th Ordinary Session of the Africa Commission on Human and
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