Updates from September 2022
30 September 2022
Dear Colleagues, Globally, September has been an eventful month, with
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Dear Colleagues, Globally, September has been an eventful month, with
Dear Friends, Dear friends, Greetings from DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders. I
Dear Friends, This month, we concluded a busy and productive
In late May this year, Agather Atuhaire, via her twitter account, broke the story that the Parliament of Uganda had spent a whopping Shs. 2.8billion to purchase two luxury vehicles for the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
Aside from the fact that the expenditure was unnecessary – both the Speaker and her Deputy already have two luxury vehicles for their official duties, the purchase flouted all public procurement procedures, and when Parliament’s contracts committee could not approve the procurement, the members of the committee were fired and new ones immediately appointed to approve the purchase.
Dear Colleagues, Greetings from DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa
Oral statements delivered during the 50th session of the UN
Dear friends, Welcome to yet another edition of our newsletter.
Somalia and Somaliland Somalia continues to face insecurity, conflict, and recurring
Honourable Chairperson, Honourable Commissioners, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, DefendDefenders and
The last six months have seen increased repression, including in
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