DefendDefenders details extensively how the relationship between civil society and Burundian state authorities dramatically deteriorated ahead of the April 2015 Presidential elections.
Les défenseurs des droits de l’homme burundais opèrent dans un
Ms. Yohanan Assefa, a Program Officer with the National Endowment
CONSULTANCY VACANCY ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT EXPERT Organization: East and Horn of
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
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Business must be booming for teargas suppliers in Africa. Many of the continent’s law enforcement agencies have shown a fondness for excessive force, including through the use of less-than-lethal crowd control tactics, such as teargas. Those on the receiving end are often citizens active and brave enough to exercise their right to protest in defense of their human rights, and the rights of others.
Ahead of Kenya’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council tomorrow, CIVICUS and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) urge the government to stop its onslaught against civil society and urgently address backsliding on civic freedoms.
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