Human rights defenders in danger!

Paris-Geneva-Cairo, November 27, 2008. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of their joint programme, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) express their deep concern about acts of harassment faced by three human rights defenders in Sudan. In particular, two of them have been severely tortured. Since November 24, 2008, three (...) - Sudan / Human Rights Defenders

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Source: fidh.org

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