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Ethiopian Candlelight Vigil
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Kampala: Ethiopian Candlelight Vigil – Tonight EHAHRDP welcomes the initiative launched by human rights defenders living in exile in Uganda to hold a candlelight vigil tonight in commemoration of the tragic events that occurred following the May 2005 elections and in order to call for an […]
Statement on the 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK On the occasion of the 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 7th-21st May 2008, Ezulwini, Kingdom of Swaziland Presented by: Hassan Shire Sheikh Chairperson The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRDP/Net)
Report on Human Rights Defenders to the 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission
Download the Report Report on the human rights defenders in East and Horn of Africa region, presented at the 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, held between the 7th and the 22nd of May 2008, in Banjul, The Gambia.
EHAHRD-Net welcomes its new members
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Kampala: EHAHRD-Net welcomes its new members The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net), is happy to announce the extension of the Network to include the new members of the East African Community, Burundi and Rwanda.
EHAHRD-Net first strategic planning meeting
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Kampala: EHAHRD-Net first strategic planning meeting starts today The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net), formed by human rights defenders in 2005, will be holding its first strategic planning meeting in Entebbe from the 28th-30th April 2008 which brings together Network focal […]
“Democracy Tribute Award” granted to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Kampala: EHAHRD-Net congratulates its member NUSOJ on receipt of Democracy Tribute Award The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net) would like to congratulate the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), one of its founding members, for the recognition that they have received […]
Financial support to exiled Somali Journalists
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Kampala: EHAHRDP/Net offers financial assistance to 20 Somali Journalists in exile EHAHRDP/Net would like to announce that for the next three months it will be offering vital financial support to a group of 20 exiled Somali journalists, who fled Somalia as a result of the continued […]
Appointment of Ms. Margaret Sekaggya as the new Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Kampala: EHAHRD-Net welcomes appointment of Ms Margaret Sekaggya as the new Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders but warns against attacks on the mandate. EHAHRD-Net welcomes the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) […]
Panel event on Somalia at the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Download the Final Statement During the seventh session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, an EHAHRDP delegation that was attending the Council, organised, along with Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and the National Union of Somali Journalists, an event on Somalia. Dr Ghanim Alnajjar, the now former Independent Expert, was one of the […]
Attacks on the independent media in Somalia
EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Kampala: EHAHRD-Net condemns the most recent attacks on the independent media in Somalia EHAHRD-Net is shocked by the recent attacks by the armed forces of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) on Radio Shabelle and Radio Simba that took place on 2nd March 2008.