We, the undersigned organizations, express our dismay that the Military Tribunal of the garrison of Beni has not yet announced a verdict in the case of the 13 human rights defenders (HRDs) of the LUCHA (“Lutte pour le changement”) of Beni, North…

Tournons La Page movement, the Tournons La Page Chad coalition, and the NGO Agir ensemble pour les droits humains published a report today documenting the repression by law enforcement of peaceful demonstrations for democratic change in Chad and against…

Gabonese civil society organizations, members of the international coalition Tournons La Page, launched the campaign against arbitrary arrests in July 2020. This campaign aims to sensitize the Gabonese authorities, who are committed to improving the…

One week before the expected…

We, the 32 signatory organizations, urge the Congolese authorities to release the 13 human rights defenders (HRDs) of LUCHA, arbitrarily detained in the town of Beni after having organized a peaceful demonstration denouncing the killings of…

Deprived of security and fundamental, civic, economic and social rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance and the ECOWAS Additional Protocol A/SP1/12/01, the Malian people…

TLP-DRC is deeply concerned by the assassination attempt of which was victim Maitre Timothée MBUYA, President of JUSTICIA Asbl, a member organization, in the night of January 11 to 12, 2022 in Lubumbashi. It all started with the publication…

Journalists Ferdinand Mensah Ayité and Joël Vignon were released on 31 December 2021 after 22 and 21 days of pre-trial detention, respectively. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and Tournons La Page recall that…

In mid-December, in the space of three days, journalists Ferdinand Mensah Ayité, Joël Vignon Egah, and Isidore Kouwonou and civil society activist Fovi Katakou were arrested for exercising their right to freedom of expression. While Isidore Kouwonou and Fovi…

A new wave of repression swept through Togo at the end of 2021, striking 5 journalists and political activists in 40 days. In the space of 48 hours, 4 other people suffered the arbitrariness of the Togolese authorities, bringing to 116 the number of political…