Eritrea
Geneva, 5 June 2017 RE: Renewing the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, write to urge your delegation to co-sponsor a resolution renewing…
Ethiopia
Geneva, 25 May 2017 RE: Addressing the pervasive human rights crisis in Ethiopia Your Excellency, The undersigned civil society organisations write to draw your attention to persistent and grave violations of human rights in Ethiopia and the pressing need…
South Sudan
To Permanent Representatives of member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Geneva, 23 February 2017 RE: Renewing the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan and addressing the need for accountability for past…
Burundi
The Burundian authorities have unleashed a major new assault on free speech in the past few days, arresting journalists and censoring media outlets that might criticize President Pierre Nkurunziza’s authoritarian regime. An order issued on 24 October…
South Sudan
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on South Sudan’s authorities to investigate newspaper reporter Malek Bol’s abduction and torture during the weekend and to bring those responsible to trial. A reporter for the Arabic-language daily Al-Maugif, Malek Bol…
Ethiopia
Your Excellency, The undersigned civil society organisations write to draw your attention to grave violations of human rights in Ethiopia, including the recent crackdown on largely peaceful protests in the Oromia and Amhara regions. As the UN Human…
Burundi
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) exige la libération immédiate du journaliste Gisa Steve Irakoze, arrêté le 18 août par des agents des services de renseignement burundais à Gatumba, à l’ouest de Bujumbura. Le journaliste Gisa Steve Irakoze de…
Burundi
After learning that an exile journalist was stabbed two days ago in nearby Uganda and a freelancer has been held incommunicado for more than ten days in Bujumbura, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Burundian…
Sudan
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the decision by Sudan’s National Council for Press and Publications in late April to prohibit 15 journalists from working for their newspapers. RSF urges the Sudanese authorities to rescind the ban,…
Burundi
Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the requests made Tuesday by Burundi’s supreme court for the extradition of seven Burundian journalist for alleged complicity in a coup attempt on 13 May 2015, before they fled to…