Somalia: Solidarity Visit to Journalists Injured in Mogadishu Suicide Attack

Sudan: there is no more time to lose for the UN Human Rights Council

Sudan: there is no more time to lose for the

Updates from August 2023

Dear friends, I bring you this month’s greetings from the

Human Rights Defender of the month: Veronica Almedom

Veronica Almedom is a poster child of successful immigration. A duo Eritrean and Swiss citizen, she was born in Italy, and grew up in Switzerland where she permanently resides. Her parents are some of the earliest victims of Eritrea’s cycles of violence. When Eritrea’s war of independence peaked in the early 1980s, they escaped the country as unaccompanied minors, wandering through Sudan, Saudi Arabia, before making the hazard journey across the Mediterranean into Europe. There, they crossed first to Italy, and finally, to Switzerland, where they settled first as refugees, and later, as permanent residents.

Request for Proposals for an Assessment of The Legal and Policy Framework Governing Civic Space in The East and Southern Africa Region

Client: DefendDefenders(East And Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project.)

Joint Statement Urging More Aid, Solidarity and Attention to Sudan Crisis

Sudan: Global Leaders Warn of Inaction in Face of Atrocities

DefendDefenders’ oral statements at HRC54

Oral statements delivered during the 54th session of the UN