Working to defend human rights defenders and safeguard freedoms. #FOI, #righttoinformation, #freeassembly, #civicspace, #humanrightsdefenders
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I just took action on @theactionnet: Join our Legislating Change team, and help us pass laws to improve women’s lives!. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/fc04…
URGENT: I just joined over 3 MILLION people urging the President of Tanzania @SuluhuSamia and Prime Minister @majaliwa_kassim to #STOP the eviction of the Maasai people from their ancestral lands. Join here & RT #NoMaasaiEviction #StandWithMaasai
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Ethiopia is engaged in ethnic cleansing and other atrocities in Western Tigray: Immediate actions are required to put an end to the abuses and to impunity. This includes the deployment of an AU-led international peacekeeping force to protect civilians. foreignaffairs.com/articles/…
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History in the making:
American public support for admitting Ukrainian refugees is higher than Gallup has found in ANY refugee situation since 1939.
👉 78% of adults in the US approve of allowing up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees into the country.
nytimes.com/2022/04/26/world…
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Today we pay tribute to the 1 million people murdered in just 100 days in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
As we look back with remorse, we must look ahead with resolve & commit to be ever vigilant.
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How the world voted on the resolution to suspend Russia from the #HumanRightsCouncil....
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Ben Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg Trials prosecutor, receives Governor’s Medal of Freedom msn.com/en-us/news/us/ben-fe…
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We stand with 90+ Ukrainian civil society organisations who have come together to create the #KyivDeclaration, calling on the international community to respond to six urgent appeals. Find out more here KyivDeclaration.org. Please RT/share #KyivDeclaration #StandwithUkraine
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Ben Ferencz is 102 today! Let’s send him some special birthday wishes, but more importantly, let’s do something to make the world a better place today. Please share what YOU will do today to advocate for #LawNotWar, #HumanRights, and #Peace. We will share them with Ben.
ALT Ben Ferencz at age 7
ALT Recent photo of Ben Ferencz
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Astronaut Scott Kelly returned the medal to Dmitry Medvedev, which he presented to him:
"Please give it to a #Russian mother whose son died in this unjust war."
The bottom line, as stated by @DONUKOGBARA and endorsed by @ChidiOdinkalu, is that "a quality Igbo candidate should be as potentially electable as a quality candidate from elsewhere." Absolutely.
#IgboPresidency conflates ethnic origin with geo-politics. This may be convenient in #Nigeria but it could also be lazy. Nearly every person from the #SouthEast maybe #Igbo but not every Igbo is from the South-East.
The Igbo as a…lnkd.in/gJu9fgii lnkd.in/gyyMjHbH
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If you care about Justice and a great cause, support the work of some of the finest legal minds in #Tanzania as they fight for Justice and Democracy Please donate
Every little goes a long way! The legal team has been in court for over 5 months pro bono!
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Terrific interview! Important points and memorable ways to say them
Elections make or mar the fate of entire peoples. All over #Africa now, u don't go into an election without lawyers & judges....
In the current issue of its journal, #ThePractice, @HLS_CLP focuses on the role of lawyers in electoral politics in #Africa.
thepractice.law.harvard.edu/…
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📢Call for inputs for my next thematic report on the ability of #civilsociety to access resources, incl foreign funding. What are the measures your country adopts that impact the ability of CSOs to access resources?
🗓️Let us know before 18 Feb 22
More: bit.ly/3JYVgpu
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Sometimes, you need more than the black letters of the law to see the path to human progress....
Best snapshot I've read of growing authoritarianism and conflict in #Kaduna State and Nigeria generally. Scary.
Please find time to read my latest piece for @Slate: Nigeria’s escalating crackdown on free expression. slate.com/technology/2021/12…
Fabulous journalist Ohimai Amaize helps Americans understand why and how journalists are under attack in Nigeria and other parts of the world.
This morning, I was a guest on @WNYC’s @TheTakeaway alongside @pressfreedom’s @arlenegetz, to discuss the rising attack on journalists around the world. I spoke about my experience in Nigeria. Listen. wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tak…
#Esperanza Protocol offers guidance on how states & other powerful actors should, and are required by international law to, respond to threats – and not merely attacks – on #HumanRights Defenders. A critical new tool. esperanzaprotocol.net @ChidiOdinkalu @almubernabeu
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