We just concluded our 2-day annual planning meeting. We recommitted to execute our core mandate to protect HRDs and safeguard the civic space, online and offline - with excellence and probity. #TogetherWeDefend

Israeli historian Dr Ilan Pappé reminds us why Gaza is Gaza in terms of geography.

It’s never been more urgent to demand that the US government stop sending weapons to the Israeli military. Take action: jvp.org/stopgenocidewr…

Israel told the world that displaced Palestinians in Rafah would be safe. Israel lied. Tonight, Israel is burning entire families alive—among them babies. It is an unspeakable massacre. Sanctions and arms embargoes on Israel now. No more hollow statements and condemnations.

We have to give credit to our South African brothers, sisters, and cousins. They voted today. Julius Malema and other opposition candidates weren’t arrested (and won't be). The internet wasn’t cut off. Pro-Ramaphosa Police and Army didn’t carry off ballot boxes to go and stuff

URGENT ALERT: #WHRD and Journalist Abducted in Mozambique: Free Sheila Wilson African Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders is profoundly alarmed by the abduction of Sheila Wilson, a fearless woman defender and journalist working with the Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) in Mozambique. Sheila was

Erica Emdon, Legal Practitioner, delivers insightful perspectives on Higher Health South Africa GBVF support programmes and valuable context for addressing GBVF in Higher Education. Learn more: brnw.ch/21wL3DX #MyNWU #GreatnessWithoutBoundaries #UniversitiesAgainstGBVF

Kudos to #Spain for joining #SouthAfrica's genocide case against Israel at the CIJ_ICJ. I hope this marks the beginning of more Western countries taking similar actions. It’s not too late to stand on the right side of history. Words of condemnation are meaningless without

The Practice’s Wiseman Zondi’s timely reminder in last week’s Sunday Times. “Some commentators say outrage about the DA MP is much ado about nothing — but South Africans must oppose this scourge whenever it raises its head”

#Zimbabwe | Statement from SouthernDefenders, AfricanDefenders, and African civil society expresses profound concern over the Zimbabwean government's threats against civil society and opposition ahead of the SADC summit. Minister Jenfan Muswere's categorization of protests as

Release All Political Prisoners in Zimbabwe Before the SADC Summit - Sign the Petition! chng.it/hZ8nv96jMc via Change.org

Our demands on the British government are quite simply this: Abide by international law and end arms to Israel now.

Whistleblowers at CNN & BBC only verify what so many of us have been privy to in newsrooms. The Palestine exception has always been there, just never as blatant as in the last year. Western media is 100% complicit in this genocide & can be held accountable.

⚖️ Day 2 of #PILG2024! LHR's Nabeelah Mia, and The Public Interest Practice's Jacob van Garderen, presenting on #AccessToJustice, with SERI's Jason Brickhill and Michael Power of ALT Advisory and Power Law Africa.

Kallie Kriel AfriForum The Presidency 🇿🇦 AfriForum’s racist rhetoric, peddling white-genocide lies to their ilk in MAGA America have finally paid off. At least we know who to ‘thank’ for what follows.

Public Interest Practice director Jacob van Garderen discussed refugee status with eNCA's Gareth Edwards. enca.com/opinion-videos…

A few decades too late to monitor illegal land and farm seizures in South Africa. But, if monitoring land seizure is your new thing, I suggest you look at Gaza.

The A-Team! But in this case the A stands for Apartheid.

“Conventional wisdom” wants us to see Iran as the irrational authoritarian regime that can’t be trusted with nukes, and Israel as the moral Western liberal democracy that can. But Israel has unlawfully attacked Iranian territory / diplomatic premises 4 times in 5 years.

The US and Israel’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities is a flagrant violation of international law. Even more disturbing is the gaslighting from Trump, threatening further strikes “if Iran doesn’t make peace”, when Iran is not the aggressor here.