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ETHIOPIA: Civil society calls upon Human Rights Council to investigate government crackdown on Oromo protest
With the 31st session of the Human Rights Council starting next week, DefendDefenders, and 8 other CSOs are asking all members and observer states to press Ethiopa to stop these gross violations against basic human rights and dignity.
Uganda: Uphold Democratic Principles to Guarantee a Peaceful Election
On 18 February 2016, Uganda will hold its general elections, the most highly contested polls since the country’s first presidential election in 1996. The incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is running against his former allies, retired Dr. Colonel Kiiza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party and John Patrick Amama Mbabazi of the […]
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Somali human rights defenders and media workers caught in the crossfire
Somali human right defenders, including journalists, face worsening patterns of attacks on their rights to life, security of person, and freedom from arbitrary arrests and detention.
Defenddefenders: Somaliland must abandon criminal charges against journalists
(See Somali version below) Kampala – The issuing of criminal charges against journalists Abdirashid Nur and Said Khadar is a shocking attempt by Somaliland’s authorities to curtail freedom of expression, said the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (Defenddefenders) today in its statement. The two journalists are accused of publishing and circulating […]
Dibouti: Impasse politique et intensification de la répression, à quatre mois de l’élection présidentielle
(Djibouti, Kampala, Paris) La Fédération Internationale des Droits de l’Homme, le East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (DefendDefenders) et la Ligue Djiboutienne des Droits de l’Homme (LDDH) appellent la communauté internationale à garantir un processus électoral libre, pluraliste et transparent à Djibouti et à soutenir la mise en place d’une Commission d’enquête […]
Djibouti, Ethiopia, and South Sudan: DefendDefenders Condemns Attacks and Arrests of HRDs and Journalists
Kampala – While the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (DefendDefenders) offices were closed over the holiday, a violent and extremely worrying series of attacks against HRDs took place in the sub-region. In Djibouti, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, state authorities have repeatedly attempted to silence journalists, human rights activists, and NGOs through […]
Ethiopia: Civil society groups urge the international community to address killing of Oromo protesters
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (DefendDefenders) and Amnesty International urge Ethiopia’s development and international partners to address the killing of at least 140 protesters in the Oromia region since December 2015. On 12 November 2015, peaceful protests started in the Oromia Region, southwest of […]
Independent Evaluation Consultancy For SIDA-Funded Project
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) is the secretariat to a network of more than 75 member organizations drawn from eleven countries in the sub-region (that is, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia (and Somaliland), South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda). The project was designed to strengthen […]
Annual Report 2015
Dear friends and colleagues, It’s been over ten years since I had to flee my country and found a safe haven in Canada. Forced to leave my native Somalia because of my work, I had to fly halfway around the world, far from my colleagues, family, friends and work to find safety. Today, against the […]
SOMALIA: DefendDefenders calls for the immediate release of journalist Abdirisak Ahmed
The year 2015 is ending with yet another journalist being arrested in Somalia, at least the third in the last seven days. On 18 December 2015, Abdirisak Ahmed, a freelance journalist, was arrested by the Somali National Intelligence Security Agency along with Star FM reporter Abukar Mohamed in Mogadishu. Abukar Mohamed was released without charge […]