Declaration of the 3rd Focal Point Meeting of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network
29 August 2012
Having considered reports on the situation for human rights defenders
Having considered reports on the situation for human rights defenders
Remarks of US Secretary of State at Presentation of Human Rights Defenders Award to the Uganda Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law
After 20 years of war, there is barely a soul or a structure unscarred in Mogadishu Jack Hill for The Times
The verdict on 22 May, 2012 in the trial of those accused of killing Ernest Manirumva, a Burundian anti-corruption activist, has been a missed opportunity to deliver justice, 20 Burundian and international non-governmental organizations said today in a joint statement. The outcome was a grave disappointment to those who have campaigned for his killers to be held to account, as potentially important evidence in the case was not pursued.
Mr. Salih, director of Teeba Press, former chief editor of Al-adwaa newspaper and a columnist, has been arbitrarily arrested and detained on three separate occasions on 8th, 9th and 15th May 2012. This follows almost two weeks of harassment by the National Intelligence and Security Services in Khartoum, who required him to report to their offices on a daily basis where he would be kept for the whole day. The arrests began after he refused to continue reporting voluntarily. On 15th May, Mr. Salih was charged with failure to cooperate with the order of a public officer to report at an appointed time and place.
44 countries yesterday called on the Government of Eritrea to end its use of arbitrary detention and torture of its citizens. Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Human Rights Concern – Eritrea and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project welcome this long overdue attention paid to the widespread and systematic human rights violations continuing in Eritrea for over a decade.
On 3 February 2012, the Cassation Bench of the Federal
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