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UN and African Union Special Mechanisms on human rights adopt a roadmap for greater cooperation

During a two-day meeting of the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Special Mechanisms of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, held in Addis Ababa
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PRESS RELEASE BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RELEASE OF Mr DANIEL DEUZOUMBE PASSALET

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa has just learnt of the release of Mr. Daniel Deuzoumbé Passalet, President of the Association of Human Rights Without Borders (DHSF) and Adviser in Chad to the Network of Human Rights Defenders in Central Africa (REDHAC), who had been arrested on 21 December last by the Chadian Authorities.Read more

Good practice of making use of the Special Rapporteur by Malawi Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR).

The Malawi Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation(CHRR) has invited the Special Rapporteur , the Honorable Commissioner Reine Alapini-Gansou for a four days workshop on the commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights . This will be from 23 to 26 January 2012. The workshop will take place in Lilongwe and will be an opportunity for human rights defenders in Malawi to be in contact with the Special Rapporteur beside the activity of the workshop.

Make use of the Special Rapporteur(SR) Mechanism

Dear All,
This is to encourage you to continue making use of the SR Mechanism for those of you who have done it and to start using the Mechanism for those who have not yet done it.Read more

The Honorable Commissioner Reine Alapini-Gansou appointed for the third time Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa

The Honorable Commissioner Reine Alapin-Gansou has been appointed Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African commission) during the 50th Ordinary Session of the African commission held in Bajul,The Gambia from 24 October to 5 November 2011.
She has held in the past the same mandate from November 2005 to November 2009

Floribert Chebeya, murdered human rights defender: posthumously honored with the “Democracy Service Medal”

The National Endowment for Democracy honored Floribert Chebeya with its Democracy Service Medal in a ceremony Tuesday at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The medal presentation was an emotional end to a half-day conference, “Voices from the Congo: the Road Ahead,” co-organized by NED, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Eastern Congo Initiative.Read more

Burundi: Burundian government harasses independent radio stations

The Committee for the protection of journalists has stated that the government of the president Pierre Nkurunziza is attempting to silence the independent Medias which criticized his government.Read more

BURUNDI: Targeted investigations and timely justice needed in Ernest Manirumva assassination case

The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP), Protection International, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders , Ligue Iteka, the Observatory for the Fight against Corruption and Economic Embezzlement (Observatoire de Lutte Contre la Corruption et les Malversations Économiques - OLUCOME) and the Forum for the Strengthening of Civil Society (Forum pour le Renforcement de la Société Civile - FORSC) welcome the public prosecutor’s intention to carry out additional investigations and the decision of the Tribunal to order additional investigations as requested by the prosecutor on Ernest Manirumva assassination case.
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Witness Patchelly Kambale-Musonia, journalist at Lubero community radio killed near his home in Kirumba, North Kivu, Eastern DRC

The African Human Rights Defenders Network (AHRDN) hereby express its deep concern after the killing of Witness Patchelly Kambale-Musonia , 29, journalist at the Lubero community radio based in Kirumba in North Kivu in Eartern DRC on 21 June 2011Read more

Trial of Floribert Chebeya

The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission, issued the following statement today on the verdict of the Militry High Court in DRCRead more