ACHPR68: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (October 2020-April 2021)
20 April 2021
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
Today, Floribert Chebeya Resource Centre re-opens its doors after being closed for 12
Amid its 2021 general election, Uganda was disconnected from the internet entirely.
In commemoration of International Human Rights Defenders Day and International Human
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human and
In a new report launched today, Open the Doors! Towards
Andrew Gole’s journey to become a human rights defender (HRD) was sparked by a small request: in 2015, a human rights organisation reached out to the trained software engineer about a digital security training. “I didn’t know much about the HRD eco-system or about digital security as an environment on its own,” Andrew says. “So, I did some research, and realised digital security support is just the basic support I used to provide in an internet café.”
Oral statements to the Council Advocacy documents and press releases
Oral statements delivered by DefendDefenders at the 45th session of
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