The Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy (REDLAD) issued an announcement regarding the alarming trend of abductions and murders of human rights defenders’ relatives in Honduras. The statement was in response to the May 13 abduction and murder of Allan Yoni Banegas Godoy, nephew of the Executive Director of the Association for a Better…
Over the last several weeks, the Government of Sudan has made an effort to obstruct the engagement of civil society activists in a United Nations (UN)-led human rights review of the country. In a statement on March 31, 2016, 37 Sudanese and international organizations deemed this practice unacceptable and argued that it shows the…
World Movement for Democracy participating organizations FIDH and Civil Liberties Organisation shared a press release detailing the egregious kidnappings of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram. Two years ago, 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped at Chibok by the Nigerian Islamist armed group Boko Haram. While some of the girls managed to escape, there were reports that…
Towards the end of March, the Egyptian government continued their ongoing investigation of NGOs in Egypt, specifically related to Case No 173, or the case on foreign funding for NGOs, which dates back to 2011. The case and its findings have been used to give 1 to 5 year sentences to over 40 foreign…