Tanzania: End harassment of human rights defenders
22 August 2016
DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project)
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DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project)
The tough working conditions for journalists in South Sudan dramatically
Puntland’s Minister of Information Mohamud Hassan So’ade should stop trying to muzzle and intimidate the press through death threats, undue legal restrictions and his Ministry’s interference in the registration and accreditation of journalists.
Over the course of the electoral period, Ugandan police and security forces have targeted scores of journalists by restricting access to information, damaging and confiscating equipment, and have subjected them to intimidation, physical attacks and arbitrary arrests.
25 CSOs urgently request immediate action to condemn the internet shutdown in Uganda, and to prevent any systematic or targeted attacks on democracy and freedom of expression in other African nations during forthcoming elections in 2016.
Authorities in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland must immediately release
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