Human rights and civil society activists meeting on the margins of the historic first tripartite summit of the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC), and Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Kampala, have asked the three regional bodies to harmonize their work, promote economic justice and ensure early warning…
Contact: Deirdre Clancy + 353 86 408 3797 IRRI Condemns Horrific Attack on Refugee Demonstrators in Cairo (New York and Kampala, January 2, 2006) The International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) today called on the Egyptian government to launch an immediate independent inquiry into the events of Friday, December 30 in Cairo in which over 50…
As Campaigns for Liberia’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections kick off, African and International Organisations Call on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and African Union Chairperson President Obasanjo of Nigeria to Ensure Charles Taylor Does Not Interfere in Liberia’s Democratic Process from Nigeria where he is currently exiled. In a statement issued today,…
Contacts: Refugee Law Project: Zachary Lomo: + 256 77 659 731 Amnesty International: Richard Haavisto: + 256 (0)31 350215 International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI): Dismas Nkunda: +256 78 310404 Kampala: March 10, 2005 Human rights groups today called upon refugee hosting governments to abide strictly by international and regional standards of refugee rights protection during the…