Tag Archives: Human rights defender

Ethiopia: Is European Union (EU) automated teller machine (ATM) for dictatorial regimes?

February 10, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By; Kiflu Hussain As per the invitation I received from East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) to attend the launching of the establishment of Pan African Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) Network in Kampala, I took part … read more »

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Namibia: A Need to Innovate Human Rights Activism

January 13, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Andreas E Peltzer, column WHAT is the task of a human rights activist? Helping victims of human rights violations may be the first answer. Now there are specialists dealing with perpetrators and victims of rights violations, which include law … read more »

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Zimbabwe targets human rights group

November 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Rights groups voiced fears Monday that the Zimbabwean authorities would launch a crackdown on rights activists ahead of a referendum and elections scheduled early next year. The “situation of human rights defenders in Zimbabwe remains grim as their operating space … read more »

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Zimbabwe diamond activist barred from leaving

September 12, 2011 by benim

Harare – Lawyers for a prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist say state security officials prevented him from leaving the southern African nation for a conference in Ireland on rights violations. Lawyers for Farai Maguwu said on Sunday that his airline … read more »

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Rights groups slam abuses in Gambia

July 22, 2011 by benim

Human rights groups have denounced a climate of fear in Gambia claiming disappearances, killings and torture go unpunished, as President Yayha Jammeh marks 17 years in power on Friday. “President Jammeh marks July 22 each year as ?Freedom Day? and … read more »

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8 killed in Syrian border town as hundreds flee

May 16, 2011 by benim

TRIPOLI, Lebanon – A human rights activist says eight people have been killed because of violence in a Syrian border town where witnesses reported hearing crackling gunfire and explosions. Mustafa Osso said Monday that six people were killed in Talkalakh … read more »

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Top Zimbabwe rights activist arrested

April 2, 2011 by benim

Harare – A top human rights activist has been arrested in Zimbabwe, in what Amnesty International deplores as an attempt to silence government critics. Abel Chikomo, director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, was arrested on Wednesday and charged … read more »

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