ISHR and the Cameroon Women's Peace Movement (CAWOPEM) submitted critical information and recommendations intended to better protect the Anglophone population and other ethnic minorities in Cameroon.

Nigerian civil society actors took part in a workshop co-organised by ISHR and Development Dynamics to discuss ways to reduce legislative restrictions that impair their work. They also sought to strengthen legal protections to safeguard and enable their activities.

Despite their vital work, Indigenous peoples and land and environmental defenders continue to be attacked. New data shows alarming patterns of violence and harassment as preludes to lethal attacks against defenders.

ISHR joins civil society organisations in calling on Sudan to end the attacks against Sudanese women protestors and WHRDs, following the military coup.

For the international human rights system to function, defenders must be able to freely share crucial information and perspectives. However, many defenders still face unacceptable risks and cannot safely engage with the UN.

3 May is World Press Freedom Day. The day is reminder that the universal right to freedom of expression and the right to seek, receive and impart information is both precious and precarious.