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The current situation of HRDs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan
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01 June 2008

The current situation of HRDs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan

Download the Report The Chairperson of the EHAHRD-Net undertook an advocacy mission to Washington in June 2008 in order to raise awareness of the current plight of HRDs in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan amongst get decision-makers notably in the State Department and Congress. The mission also sought to ensure that human rights are placed […]

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East Africa and the Horn of Africa – “Defending the Defenders”: a Human Rights Defenders Conference
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18 July 2006

East Africa and the Horn of Africa – “Defending the Defenders”: a Human Rights Defenders Conference

This is a report of a Human Rights Defenders Conference held in Entebbe, Uganda, from 30 October to 4 November 2005.

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Human rights defenders in need of defense: A field report on the protection and effectiveness of Human-rights defenders in West and East Africa and the Horn (2005)
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29 September 2005

Human rights defenders in need of defense: A field report on the protection and effectiveness of Human-rights defenders in West and East Africa and the Horn (2005)

The African Human Rights Defenders Project is designed to strengthen the work of human rights defenders in Africa by reducing their vulnerability to the risk of persecution and by enhancing their capacity for effectiveness in defending human rights. It focuses on West Africa, East Africa and the Horn. The current report covers the first, exploratory […]

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