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17th Green Friday for Detained Burundian HRD Pierre Claver Mbonimpa

12 September 2014

East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project stands

Call for Nominations: 2nd Edition African Human Rights Defenders Awards

26 August 2014

Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRD–Net) has opened a call for

Opening Remarks: Training for Human Rights Defenders Working in the Resource Extraction Industry

18 August 2014

By Hassan Shire Friends and colleagues, It is a great

Introductory Remarks: Civil Space Session at US-Africa Leaders Summit

7 August 2014

Thank you firstly to Secretary Kerry, and to all the

Declaration of the EHAHRD-Net during its 4th Focal Point Meeting

14 May 2014

Declaration of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights

Sudan: Activists and Human Rights Defenders Arrested in Wake of University of Khartoum Demonstrations (Update)

24 March 2014

Seven student activists are now detained without access to their

Honouring Women Human Rights Defenders

29 November 2013

Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) include women defending all human

African Commission: Investigate Sudan Killings

1 November 2013

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) should order a fact-finding mission to investigate the deaths and detention of hundreds of demonstrators, a group of 11 international and African organizations said in a letter made public today.

Uganda: EHAHRDP Congratulates Mr. Livingstone Sewanyana, Winner of the Inaugural African Human Rights Defenders Award (East and Horn of Africa)

31 October 2013

One of Uganda’s leading human rights defenders, Mr. Livingstone Sewanyana,

Gambia: PAHRDN Congratulates Winners of the First African Human Rights Defenders Awards

23 October 2013

Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRDN) congratulates Ms. Yara Salam (North Africa), Mr. Livingstone Sewanyana (East and horn of Africa), Mr. Imam Baba Leigh (West Africa), Ms. Paulette Oyane-ondo (Central Africa) and Ms. Lucia Da Silveira (Southern Africa) winners of the first ever Africa Human Rights Defenders Awards that were held on 22nd October 2013 at Kairaba Beach Hotel, The Gambia.