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Country Reports: Overview of the Human Rights Situation in the East and Horn of Africa
EHAHRD-Net welcomes the opportunity offered by the 50th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) to highlight some of the current human rights issues in the East and Horn of Africa region for the period of May 2011 to October 2011. This report especially assesses the status of civil and […]
Nairobi: Technical Committee Meeting Charts Way Forward for Kenyan National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders
On October 6 and 7, 2011, members of the Technical Committee of the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders gathered at the Olive Gardens Hotel in Nairobi to review the progress of institutionalising the coalition. Previous meetings of the Kenyan Coalition, including the Coalition’s general assembly held in February 2011, discussed emerging issues with respect to […]
Geneva: Investigate and Ensure Accountability for War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in Somalia
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net), the Somali Human Rights Defenders Network (SOHRIDEN) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) yesterday called for accountability and the fight against impunity to be prioritized throughout Somalia. In an oral intervention during the interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on Somalia […]
Oral Intervention: Consideration of Universal Periodic Review Report on Somalia
Human Rights Council: 18th Session Item 6:Â Consideration of Universal Periodic Review Report on Somalia Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 21 September 2011 Delivered by Mr. Hassan Shire Sheikh, East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the East and Horn […]
Geneva: UN should follow up on reprisals against individuals cooperating with its human rights system
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network called on the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday to follow up allegations on reprisals against individuals cooperating with mechanisms.buy zoloft online pavg.net/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/fonts/new/zoloft.html no prescription EHAHRDP thanked the Secretary-General for his report [AVAILABLE HERE] on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms […]
Kampala: Opening of ADF General Assembly Today 22nd September 2011
The African Democracy Forum (ADF) members from across the region will be gathering in Kampala on 22nd and 23rd September 2011 at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala for the General Assembly of the Forum. The Assembly has brought together ADF members particularly working on the African Charter on Democracy Elections and Governance and on the […]
NGOs Call for Robust UN Action in Face of Eritrea’s Human Rights Violations
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE), Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) today called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to conduct a thorough investigation into the wide-ranging human rights violations committed in Eritrea. The call was issued during a side-meeting […]
Eritrea: Ten Years After the Crackdown {Side Event HRC}
Ten years after the crackdown: What prospects for human rights in Eritrea? Tuesday 20th September 14:00-15:00 Room XXIII – Palais des Nations Geneva Panellists • Elsa Chyrum, Director, Human Rights Concern-Eritrea • Ben Rawlence, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch • Matthew Jones, Public Affairs Officer, Christian Solidarity Worldwide Chair • Hassan Shire, Executive Director, East […]
Kenyan Human Rights Defender Al-Amin Kimathi Discharged by Ugandan Court
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project is pleased by news of the dismissal of all criminal charges against Kenyan human rights defender Al-Amin Kimathi by the High Court of Kampala, this morning, September 12th, 2011. Mr Kimathi will return to Kenya after one year of pre-trial incarceration in Luzira prison, Kampala, […]
Uganda: Disclose Evidence against Human Rights Defender, Others
Immediately Provide Counsel for All Defendants in Terrorism Trial The Ugandan government should disclose any evidence it claims to have against the detained Kenyan human rights defender Al-Amin Kimathi or release him, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Reprieve and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project said today. Kimathi, along with 18 […]