Detained Congolese activist Timothée Mbuya, president of the human rights organization Justicia, has now spent over two months behind bars for participating in a peaceful protest on July 31, 2017. Mbuya was arrested alongside four other activists in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. While Mbuya’s trial is still pending, the other four activists lost their…
Bahrain: On September 27, 2017, a Bahraini court postponed for the 16th time the trial of Nabeel Rajab and rescheduled it for November 19, 2017. Rajab is president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, and is facing charges for his Twitter posts criticizing Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen. Currently, Rajab is serving a two-year sentence…
Femmes et Droits Humains (Women and Human Rights – FDH) is a non-political, not-for-profit organization which works for the defense and promotion of women’s and girls’ human rights. We support, facilitate, and empower women, girls, and the public in general. Building on grassroots, we are effective partners who influence policy development and consolidate social justice,…
The Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit research and advocacy institute dedicated to the promotion of democracy, good governance and economic openness throughout Ghana and the African continent. Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s): Network of Democracy Research Institutes; World Movement for Democracy; Africa Democracy Forum; Community of Democracies; Global Network of Domestic…