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Ethiopia: Crackdown on Dissent Intensifies as Journalists Convicted
Ethiopia’s already limited space for civil society and human rights defenders is undergoing further contraction, warns CIVICUS, The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, and the Ethiopia Human Rights Project (EHRP). Throughout 2014, Ethiopian authorities have orchestrated an unprecedented legislative assault on journalists, and independent voices within civil society, undermining fundamental human rights and restricting the operating environment for civil society and human rights defenders.
PAHRDN: Final Communique of the 2nd Counterpart Meeting
PAN-AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Final communique of the 2nd Counterpart Meeting Royal Suites Hotel, Kampala, Uganda 27th – 29th October 2014 1. The Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRDN) held its 2nd counterpart meeting from 27th to 29th October 2014 in Kampala, Uganda; 2. The meeting was attended by human rights defenders representing the […]
EHAHRDP/PAHRDN Staff visit Ambassador of Burundi to Uganda
EHAHRDP and Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network staff pay a courtesy visit to His Excellency Jean Bosco Barege Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Burundi to Uganda. The visit is held prior to Claiming Space Tactical Tools for Human Rights Defenders scheduled to be held in Bujumbura, Burundi in December 2014. Left to right: […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SPECIAL PROGRAMS OFFICER
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 the […]
Somaliland National Human Rights Commissioners visit Kampala, Uganda
Somaliland National Human Rights Commissioners visit Kampala, Uganda for a week long study tour from 13th-17th October, 2014.
Defenders in Focus Newsletter (February- July 2014)
To read EHAHRDP’s latest issue of its newsletter on the Project’s activities and updates please see here: News_Letter
Blog Post: Reflections on the 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
The recently concluded 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which I attended on behalf of EHAHRDP, saw some encouraging global developments, including the passage of two important Resolutions on the protection of civil society space, and on sexual orientation and gender identity.
National Endowment for Democracy staff visits EHAHRDP
Katie Campo, the Africa Program Officer at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), visited the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) today to discuss the status of human rights defenders working in the region. Ms. Campo met with Hassan Shire, the Executive Director of EHAHRDP and other staff members in the […]
Human Rights Council resists attempts to stifle debate and makes modest progress on rights
(Geneva) – The Human Rights Council has resisted attempts to stifle debate and prevent human rights progress, with the adoption of critically important resolutions on issues including the protection of civil society space and the prevention of violence and discrimination against LGBT persons, a coalition of leading non-governmental organisations said today. In a joint statement delivered by ISHR to the […]
UN HRC: Oral Intervention Following Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia
Mr Hassan Shire, Exective Director EHAHRDP, delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue with Mr. Nyanduga the new Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Somalia.