Tanzania: Police Must Investigate Death of Human Rights Defender in Mara
10 December 2012
Joint press statement from the East and Horn of Africa
Joint press statement from the East and Horn of Africa
Human rights defenders monitoring the resource extraction industries face serious
DefendDefenders examines the situation of human rights defenders engaging Uganda and Tanzania’s rapidly growing resource extraction industries.
Today, 29th November, is International Women Human Rights Defenders’ Day.
(Nairobi, November 23, 2012)– The Kenyan authorities should promptly and
WE, the journalists and human rights defenders from Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, meeting at the Sub-Regional Journalists and Human Rights Defenders Conference organised by the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project in Mukono, Uganda, 12-16th November 2012:
East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project is
Limited competition in elections for the United Nations Human Rights Council undermines membership standards set for the body by the UN General Assembly, Human Rights Watch, FORUM-ASIA, and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project said today. Although the General Assembly elected 18 countries to the Human Rights Council on November 12, 2012, only three faced challengers in their bids for a seat.
H.E. Alphons J.A.J.M.G. Hennekens, the newly arrived Ambassador of the
Excellencies, We are a diverse group of nongovernmental organisations from all parts of the world who have contributed to the Human Rights Council (the Council) and its work since its establishment. We write to you regarding your candidacies for membership of the Council.