AFRICA

‘Our right to be recognised and represented as an Indigenous community is being violated’

Severin Sindizera | BURUNDI

‘The human rights of the Maasai people are violated through involuntary assimilation and relocation’

Joseph Moses Oleshangay | TANZANIA

‘We are back to the situation that preceded the revolution; the old regime is back’

Nazik Kabalo | SUDAN

‘Hate speech against LGBTQI+ people comes from religious, traditional and political leaders’

Opio Sam | UGANDA

‘Civil society works to ensure perpetrators of human rights violations face justice’

Adama Jallow | THE GAMBIA

‘Society is only starting to open up to the idea of living harmoniously with LGBTQI+ people’

Samuel Matsikure | ZIMBABWE

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘People experience gross rights violations because of their sexual orientation or gender identity’

Olaide Kayode Timileyin | NIGERIA

‘We need CSOs to continue working and defending people’s rights’

Ernest Nyimai | ZIMBABWE

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘The government has put all the burden of addressing homophobia on civil society’

Stephen Okwany | KENYA

‘The federal government and ASUU at some point made it feel like our education doesn’t matter’

Benedicta Chisom | NIGERIA

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT