DefendDefenders: Deji Adeyanju, others meet in Uganda to promote human rights in Africa (Photos)

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A political activist, Deji Adeyanju, on Monday, November 4, met with his colleagues in Uganda on the need for human rights in Africa.

The meeting is a gathering of Human Rights Defenders from Africa which started on Monday, scheduled to hold for five days.

The theme of the event is defend defenders which is the east and Horn of Africa Human Rights defenders project, seeking to protect and strengthen Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region.

The human rights defenders working group in exile is a consortium representing Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) from eight countries and currently in exile in Uganda.

Members are mainly from South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Somali (Together with Somaliland), Eretria, Sudan, Tanzania and Rwanda and over 13 countries are represented at the event.

Their focus include; advocacy, human rights awareness raising and peacebuilding in the region.

See the photos below:

 

Earlier, Herald reported that Deji Adeyanju, Nigerian Human Activist, decided to petition the Economic  and Financial Crimes Commission, over the bullion vans found in APC National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s compound on the eve of Presidential elections.

Deji has called on concerned Nigerians to join him as he submits the petition today at the  headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission office in Abuja.

Deji Adeyanju made this known via his official Twitter page; he wrote “I will be submitting a petition to @officialEFCC tomorrow morning by 10am (Friday 25th Oct) to investigate Bola Tinubu over 2019 election eve Bullion Vans. Join me at the headquarters of EFCC close to Baze University in Abuja if you can.

 

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