Every year on December 10, the World Movements joins the international community in recognizing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – the “Magna Carta” for the fundamental freedoms of humanity. Since its inception, the Declaration has served as a powerful tool and has become the foundation for international law protecting civil society’s ability to improve…
In 2017, women from over 85 countries shared their stories of how sexual harassment has affected them through the hashtag #MeToo, and the topic of sexual harassment in the workplace has continued to garner unprecedented attention. Since 2000, Pakistani activist Fouzia Saeed, who formed the Alliance Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace (AASHA), has been a pioneer in bringing…
On December 6, 2017, Citizen Lab released their new report entitled “Champing at the Cyberbait,” which exposed a new commercial spyware being used to target Oromo dissidents living abroad. Citizen Lab reported that the targeted activists had received emails with a URL imitating a video portal; when clicked, the user was asked to install an…
Ethiopia: Oromo activist Dr. Merera Gudina has now spent a year in detention. Dr. Gudina’s trial concluded on November 30, 2017, and his verdict will be delivered on January 3, 2018. The trial took place a full year after the scholar and chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) was arrested and accused of violating Ethiopia’s…