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ACHPR49: Report on human rights situation in the East and Horn of Africa (November 2010 – April 2011)
Download the Report. This report highlights some of the key human rights issues in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region from November 2010 to April 2011 and addresses the human rights situation in ten countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, and two special territories, Somaliland and South Sudan. […]
ACHPR: Urge AU Member States to End Restrictions on Human Rights Work
ACHPR: Urge AU Member States to End Restrictions on Human Rights Work The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should urge AU member states to end all practices which threaten the fundamental rights of human rights defenders in Africa or which unjustifiably impede their work, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders […]
Justice for Ernest Manirumva
Brussels, April 6th 2011 On April 9th 2009, Ernest Manirumva, number two at OLUCOME, Burundi’s main association in the fight against corruption, was stabbed to death at his home.
Four Kenyan Human Rights Defenders to be Deported
Uganda: Four Kenyan Human Rights Defenders to be Deported Four human rights defenders have been detained by immigration officers at Entebbe airport, and threatened with deportation on the next flight. They were travelling to Kampala to meet with the Chief Justice of Uganda to discuss the case of Mr. Al-Amin Kimathi. The eight other members […]
Uganda: Kenyan Human Rights Defenders Deported
Four prominent human rights defenders were returned to Kenya today shortly after their arrival at Entebbe airport, despite having secured a meeting with the Chief Justice of Uganda. They were due to meet with Justice Benjamin Odoki tomorrow, to discuss the case of Mr. Al-Amin Kimathi, the Kenyan human rights defender being held in Uganda […]
When will the truth be revealed about the assassination of Ernest Manirumva?
Two years after the assassination of Ernest Manirumva, former Vice-President of the AntiCorruption and Economic Malpractice Observatory (OLUCOME), the Burundian justice system is struggling to shed light on this crime and investigations remain incomplete.
General Assembly Approves New Network Members
31st March 2011 Kampala: General Assembly Approves New Network Members The second General Assembly Meeting of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network closed yesterday after two full days of discussion and strategizing on the Network’s work in the next five years. EHAHRD-Net is pleased to welcome 11 new member organizations whose […]
EHAHRDP-Net Strategic Meeting Report
Download the Report The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-NET) organized its second Strategic Planning Meeting for the network’s focal representatives on the 1st and 2nd May 2010 at Speke Resort, Munyonyo in Kampala.
Attacks Against Journalists During Elections
JOINT ACTION: 24th February 2011 Kampala: Attacks against journalists during elections in Kampala, Uganda condemned The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) and Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) are deeply concerned and strongly condemn the recent attacks on journalists during the mayoral elections in Kampala on February 23 2011. Freedom […]
Press Statement on Sudan
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Kampala: EHAHRD is concerned over the increasing harassment of human rights defenders and general human rights situation in Sudan The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network [EHAHRD-Net] is deeply concerned by the unending reports of mistreatment of human rights defenders in Sudan. EHAHRD-Net […]