Joint letter: Extend the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
6 February 2020
In a letter made public today, DefendDefenders and a group
In a letter made public today, DefendDefenders and a group
The Somali activist Faiza Abdi Mohamed has promoted human rights in her home country for a decade, which has made her a target of verbal abuse, threats, and arbitrary arrest, forcing her to flee Somalia and seek exile in Uganda. Yet, she remains extremely vocal about human rights violations in her country. “I’ve lost so many of my friends due to cruelties, so I can’t keep quiet,” she says.
Today, DefendDefenders and Goldsmiths University London launched a policy brief
Dear friends and colleagues, Happy new year! As we leave
Deadline: 17 January 2020Start: As soon as possibleLocation: RemotelyType: Consultancy CALL FOR
Mr. Michel Forst United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation
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In Ethiopia, land grabbing and villagisation has resulted in severe human rights abuses, however, being vocal about these abuses can be extremely risky. Omot Agwa Okwoy, our human rights defender of the month for December 2019, has fought for land rights and the rights of indigenous people in the Gambella region in Ethiopia for almost 20 years – leaving him with visible and invisible scars.
Dear friends and colleagues, 2019 has been a busy and
We, the undersigned human rights defenders (HRDs) and organisations, meeting
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