Status: Detained & chargedThomas Razafindremaka24 February 2020HRD Thomas Razafindremaka detained and chargedViolations #Judicial Harassment#Arbitrary detentionLocation #Region: Africa#MadagascarTake Action
Status: Detainedمكفولة منت ابراهيم21 February 2020Arbitrary detention of ten human rights defendersViolations #Arbitrary detentionLocation #Region: Africa#MauritaniaTake Action
Status: SummonedAmalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) 18 February 2020ARTUZ HRDs summoned to courtViolations #Judicial Harassment#Arbitrary detention#Questioning / InterrogationLocation #Region: Africa#ZimbabweTake Action
Status: DetainedRéseau d’Information et d’Appui aux ONG nationales (RIAO-RDC)13 February 2020Democratic Republic of the Congo: Continued detention of five land rights defenders in Tshopo provinceViolations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment#Threats / IntimidationLocation #Region: Africa#Democratic Republic of CongoTake Action
Status: Bail DeniedGeorge Makoni 3 February 2020Judicial harassment of seven HRDs continuesViolations #Judicial Harassment#Arbitrary detention#Questioning / InterrogationLocation #Region: Africa#ZimbabweTake Action
Status: ReleasedMahamat Nour Ibedou20 January 2020Mahamat Nour Ibedou released Violations #Arbitrary detentionLocation #Region: Africa#ChadTake Action
Status: SentencedRanobe Communities’ Defenders20 November 2019Six-month suspended sentence handed down to nine human rights defenders Violations #Judicial HarassmentLocation #Region: Africa#MadagascarTake Action
StatementThe Council of Ministries adopts the implementation decree on the law on protection of human rights defendersRights #Human RightsLocation #Region: Africa #Mali
StatementExecutive Director Andrew Anderson's letter to the Sunday Mail Zimbabwe on inaccuracies in publicationLocation #Region: Africa #Zimbabwe
StatementPolice use lethal force on peaceful protestersRights #Civil & Political Rights #Protests / AssemblyViolations #Violence #KillingLocation #Region: Africa #Democratic Republic of Congo
