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2012: End of year message
Dear Friends and Partners, Season’s greetings from East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project! The year 2012 has been a productive and eventful one at EHAHRDP, as I hope it has also been with you. A major success in 2012 was the culmination of years of advocacy by EHAHRDP, network members and partners for greater […]
Somalia: Planning Meeting Held for New Project Supporting Human Rights Defenders
Somalia: Planning Meeting Held for New Project Supporting Human Rights Defenders Representatives of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRDP), Peace and Human Rights Network (PHRN) and Protection International (PI) met today in Kampala to consult prior to the launch of a 3-year project dedicated to building national capacity within Somalia […]
Burundi: UPR submission on situation of human rights defenders
The human rights situation in Burundi will be reviewed on 24th January 2012 under the Universal Periodic Review mechanism. During the review, which takes place at the United Nations in Geneva, a delegation from the Government of Burundi will present their national report and UN member states will ask questions and make recommendations for the improvement […]
Uganda: Human Rights Day Statement by Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law
To celebrate Human Rights Day the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law has published a statement today in the New Vision and the East African newspapers, emphasising the incompatibility of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill with the core values of Uganda.buy valtrex online galenapharm.com/pharmacy/valtrex.html no prescription The Coalition is a broad group of over […]
Tanzania: Police Must Investigate Death of Human Rights Defender in Mara
Joint press statement from the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network and our member, the Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition, calling for full police investigations into the death of Eustace Nyarugenda.buy intagra online nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/intagra.html no prescription Mr Nyarugenda, the executive director of the Action Based Community Foundation which campaigns against female genital […]
Uganda/Tanzania: New Report Highlights Harassment and Restrictions of Human Rights Defenders Engaging with the Resource Extraction Industries
Human rights defenders monitoring the resource extraction industries face serious threats and restrictions in the course of their work, finds a new report published today by the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP). “Only the brave talk about oil”: Human Rights Defenders and the Resource Extraction Industries in Uganda and Tanzania” details […]
Only the Brave Talk About Oil: Human rights defenders and the resource extraction industries in Uganda and Tanzania
DefendDefenders examines the situation of human rights defenders engaging Uganda and Tanzania’s rapidly growing resource extraction industries.
Celebrate International Women Human Rights Defenders Day – Share Your Experience
Today, 29th November, is International Women Human Rights Defenders’ Day. In recognition of the particular risks that women defenders face in carrying out their work and the fundamental importance of understanding the gender dimension of their experience, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa is seeking input for a report on the situation […]
Kenya: Investigate Attack on Rights Activist
(Nairobi, November 23, 2012)– The Kenyan authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate a serious physical assault on Okiya Omtatah Okoiti, a prominent human rights activist, on the evening of November 9, 2012, and bring appropriate charges, Human Rights Watch, ARTICLE 19, and East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project said today. The organizations […]
Resolution of Sub-Regional Journalists Conference 2012 and Human Rights Defenders for the East and Horn of Africa
WE, the journalists and human rights defenders from Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, meeting at the Sub-Regional Journalists and Human Rights Defenders Conference organised by the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project in Mukono, Uganda, 12-16th November 2012: