Status: Pre-Trial Detention Hugues Comlan Sosoukpe 17 July 2025Human rights defender Hugues Comlan Sosoukpe unfairly charged and placed in provisional detention Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Benin #Region: Africa
Status: Judicial Harassment Imtithal Abdelfadeel 8 May 2025Detention and illegal harassment of human rights defender Imtithal Abdelfadeel Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Sudan #Region: Africa
Status: Detained Montaser Abddullah 7 May 2025Human rights defender Montaser Abdullah may face the death penalty Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Sudan #Region: Africa
Status: Forced into exile Adam H. 9 January 2025Human rights defender Adam H. forced into exile Violations #Other Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Africa #Somalia
Status: Forced into exile Shadia Cabdi 9 January 2025Woman human rights defender Shadia Cabdi forced into exile Violations #Other Harassment #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Africa #Somalia
Status: Harassment Zakarie Y. Abdirahman 9 January 2025Harassment and intimidation against human rights defender Zakarie Y. Abdirahman Violations #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Africa #Somalia
Status: Arbitrarily Suspended Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) 27 November 2024Arbitrary suspension of civil society organisations Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Africa #Ethiopia
Nouveaux Droits de L'Homme Location #Region: Africa #Cameroon Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Impunity / Justice
Mulingwa Nzau Location #Region: Africa #Kenya Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights
Hugues Comlan Sosoukpe Location #Benin #Region: Africa Rights #Human Rights #Elections / Good Governance
Sylvester Namiwa Location #Region: Africa #Malawi Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Elections / Good Governance
15 September 2021 by Andrew Anderson - Former Executive Director A Tribute to Human Rights Defender Rafiq Hajat Rights #Human Rights Locations #Region: Africa #Malawi
Statement Cameroon: Judicial harassment against women human rights defenders and arbitrary suspension of human rights organisation Rights #LGBT+ Rights #Human Rights #Gender/Women's Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Africa #Cameroon
Statement Kenya: Arbitrary detention of human rights defenders and violent attack on women human rights defenders amid severe repression of civil society Rights #Human Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Africa #Kenya
Statement Sudan: Human rights defender Abubakr Mansour Abdela sentenced to 20 years in prison Rights #Human Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Sudan #Region: Africa