Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani, the President of the Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization in Malaysia (MERHROM), has released a press statement decrying the new government’s failure to cease the mistreatment of Burma’s ethnic Rohingya population. He accused the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party of failing to curb human rights abuses against the…
The World Movement for Democracy and international community welcome the release of Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean evangelical pastor turned activist who created the popular #ThisFlag Movement. On July 6, 2016, Mawarire called for a “stay-away day,” urging Zimbabweans to stay home from work to protest against the chronic delays in paying civil servants, cash shortage,…
On June 30, 2016, Willie Kimani, a Nairobi human rights lawyer, his client Josephat Mwenda, and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri, were found dead in the Ol-Donyo Sabuk River in Eastern Kenya. Kimani had been representing Mwenda in a case against a police officer who accidentally shot him in the arm in 2015. Since filing criminal…
The African Centre for Democracy and Human Right Studies (ACDHRS) is now accepting applications for participation in a training workshop on accessing regional and international human rights mechanisms. The ACDHRS is an independent, non-profit organization that promotes human rights and democracy issues in the African continent through training, advocacy, networking, and action-oriented research. The training…