#Region: Africa

#Region: Africa

Region: AfricaCases

Judicial harassment

5 November 2025

Third hearing in the ongoing judicial harassment of women human rights defenders Alice Nkom and Maximilienne Ngo Mbe

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Africa

Judicial harassment

Alice Angèle Nkom

5 November 2025

Third hearing in the ongoing judicial harassment of women human rights defenders Alice Nkom and Maximilienne Ngo Mbe

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Africa

Judicial harassment

Maximilienne Ngo Mbe

5 November 2025

Third hearing in the ongoing judicial harassment of women human rights defenders Alice Nkom and Maximilienne Ngo Mbe

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Africa

Dr. Luís Cordeiro Vaz Martins

5 November 2025

Abduction and beating of human rights defender Dr. Luís Cordeiro Vaz Martins

#Physical Attack

#Region: Africa

Pre-Trial Detention

Hugues Comlan Sosoukpe

Human rights defender Hugues Comlan Sosoukpe unfairly charged and placed in provisional detention

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Africa

Forced into exile

Human rights defender Adam H. forced into exile

#Other Harassment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Africa

Forced into exile

Woman human rights defender Shadia Cabdi forced into exile

#Other Harassment

#Physical Attack

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Africa

#Region: AfricaHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

Warda Ahmed Souleimane

#Region: Africa

#Anti-Racism-/Discrimination

#Anti-Slavery / Anti-Trafficking

Dr. Luís Cordeiro Vaz Martins

#Region: Africa

#Civil & Political Rights

Nouveaux Droits de L'Homme

#Region: Africa

#Civil & Political Rights

#Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict

#Impunity / Justice

#Region: Africa

#Civil & Political Rights

Francis Mutunge Mwangi

#Region: Africa

#Impunity / Justice

#Region: Africa

#Enforced Disappearances

#Civil & Political Rights

#Region: Africa

#Civil & Political Rights

Media

UPR Mauritania 2021

Location

#Mauritania #Region: Africa

Media

UPR Angola 2019

Location

#Angola #Region: Africa

Media

Location

#Chad #Region: Africa

Blog

15 September 2021 by Andrew Anderson - Former Executive Director

A Tribute to Human Rights Defender Rafiq Hajat

Rights

Locations

#Malawi #Region: Africa

Statement

Repression of Gen Z in Togo: 48 activists must be urgently released

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression

Violations

#Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Violence

Location

#Region: Africa #Togo

Statement

Togo: Internet disruptions undermine the work of human rights defenders within the context of protest crackdowns

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Elections / Good Governance #Freedom of Expression

Violations

#Arbitrary detention #Physical Attack #Smear Campaign #Threats / Intimidation

Location

#Region: Africa #Togo

Statement

Cameroon: Judicial harassment against women human rights defenders and arbitrary suspension of human rights organisation

Rights

#Gender/Women's Rights #Human Rights #LGBT+ Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Cameroon #Region: Africa