International NGOs would not be allowed to settle and activate in Egypt without prior authorisation. Receiving foreign government funding, directly or indirectly, would be flatly prohibited

This assassination aims at silencing voices fighting for dignity, freedom and social justice; it aims to create a climate of fear and hatred and to push Tunisia towards a cycle of violence

The Protocol makes a strong and unequivocal statement about the equal value and importance of all human rights and the need for strengthened legal protection of economic, social and cultural rights in particular

The person will be working closely with the ABN Secretariat to support partners and communities develop and apply their skills in advocacy and that the work with communities is shared among network partners and allies.

Fahamu is carrying out a participatory budgeting project in two counties in Kenya. In Kwale at the Indian Ocean coast, citizens are in the process of drawing up budgets for their priorities in public spending

The move is part of the bosses’ counter-offensive to break the new spirit of labour militancy

Last year, hundreds of South Africans of all races and religions protested against the company’s support for the firm and its complicity in Israel's forced removals of the Palestinians

Imperialism and neo-liberal policies imposed by the west are the basis of terrorism

Black is back Coalition for Reparations and social justice and the Patrice Lumumba Coalition are calling for a demonstration outside the French embassy

Working on development, human rights and peace has become increasingly difficult in Sudan. In the last month, at least three NGOs have been closed and their staff harassed and questioned by the National Security Service (NSS). This crackdown is expected to continue in the coming weeks.

Take action to stop the crackdown. Sign the action and an email will be sent directly to the Sudanese government demanding that they allow the NGOs to reopen, end harassment of their staff and respect freedom of association.

With the cost of a lawyer quite high in Africa, leaving poorer individuals to navigate the winding road to justice alone, community paralegals are helpind individuals and communities demand and realize their rights

From the Montgomery bus boycott, the marches on Detroit and Washington to the sanitation strike in Memphis, civil rights and labour worked to break down US apartheid which is integral to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

The government denies shackdwellers the basic things they need to live healthy and safe lives

Sudanese authorities should investigate the death of four Darfur students and the disappearance of another three last week. Police should stop using excessive force against student protestors

Human rights lawyers Magdi Saleim and Mohammed Zein Osman have been arrested in Wad-Madani, Sudan, in the context of student protests and the killing of students at Al-Gezira University

Shine Centre encourages children to develop and nurture a love for reading and highlights the many benefits of reading

The scholars are calling on President Obama to take bilateral actions and actions through the United Nations to protect civilians in the conflict zone of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

A group of South African Christians and Christian leaders are in the occupied territories of Palestine on a one week solidarity visit till the 9 December

Civil society groups urge the government of Burkina Faso to take necessary steps to guarantee freedom of expression

The State of the Union, SOTU, is carrying out a campaign in which Africans are called upon to urge their governments to ratify the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance and the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa.

Take action: Click ]http://www.sotu-africa.org/?page_id=44]here to sign the petition.