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Updates from October 2021
The final quarter of the year is one of the busiest periods at DefendDefenders. This is also heightened by the deteriorating situation in Sudan and Ethiopia that continues to destabilize an already delicate region.
Human Rights Defender of the Month: Oliver Rubama
As a lone girl in a traditionally patriarchal & heteronormative Muslim family in Tanzania, Oliver Rubama grew up with so much pressure to conform. She was expected to conform to socially expected patterns of female behavior and dress, and to aspire to get married to a man approved by her family.
Call for applications: Finance Officer
DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) is a regional non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Kampala, Uganda, that seeks to strengthen the work of human rights defenders throughout the sub-region by reducing their vulnerability to the risk of persecution and by enhancing their capacity to effectively defend human rights.
Sudan: The UN Human Rights Council should act urgently and hold a special session
Following the 25 October 2021 military coup in Sudan, DefendDefenders and partners have released a call on the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special (emergency) session to address the crisis in the country. In the letter they sent to UN member states today, Sudanese, African, and international civil society organisations (CSOs) stress that the […]
Call for Bids: Procurement of a Motor Vehicle
Defend Defenders intends to Procure one Motor vehicle to assist in running their work. DefendDefenders(East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project)Â is therefore Inviting Bids from Qualified and Competent Providers to Supply one Motor Vehicle.
Sudan: A united front is needed to save the democratic transition and protect human rights
A united domestic, regional, and international front is needed to save Sudan’s democratic transition and protect human rights, DefendDefenders said today. As reports of a military coup and arrest of civiÂlian government members and figures have been conÂfirmed, AfriÂcan and United Nations (UN) bodies should throw their full weight behind popular forces led by the […]
Reflections on the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council
Oral statements to the Council Advocacy documents and press releases Side-events at the Council Outcomes and resolutions Exceptionally, this year’s September session of the Human Rights Council, HRC48, took place over four weeks (13 September-11 October 2021). The Council’s programme of work included numerous human rights situations in Africa. Together with partners from Burundi, Somalia […]
UPR Info pre-sessions – 39th session of the UPR Working Group
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (DefendDefenders) is a regional NGO based in Uganda. We seek to strengthen the work of human rights defenders (HRDs) throughout the East and Horn of Africa sub-region. We focus on 11 countries, including Sudan. The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is an […]
Shocking decision as Appeal Court upholds conviction of lawyer Tony Germain Nkina
Six international human rights groups – Amnesty International, the Burundi Human Rights Initiative, DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project), Human Rights Watch, Protection International Africa and TRIAL International – condemned the decision of the Court of Appeal of Ngozi on 29 September to uphold the conviction and five-year prison sentence of […]
Burundi and the UN: a new chapter, not a blank page
The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to maintain its scrutiny of Burundi is sensible, DefendDefenders said today. As the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Burundi completed its work, the UN’s top human rights body adopted a resoÂlution that estaÂbliÂshes a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the country. It is now vital for […]