Djibouti Rebels Threatening Stability in Strategic Country
Photo: AP Vice President Joe Biden meets Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington (File Photo – 21 May 2010) African Union Praises Eritrea, Djibouti Border Mediation Analysts are expressing fear that increasing rebel activity in Djibouti in recent months could threaten…
A Call for the reversal of Politically motivated death sentence
The Government of Kenya Shares Accountability The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) stronglydenounces the death penalty and stiff prison terms handed down to fifteen Oromo nationals by an Ethiopian federal high court in Addis Ababa/Finfinne. According to information obtained through our correspondents, the 3rd bench of the Federal…
A Call for the reversal of Politically motivated death sentence
The Government of Kenya Shares Accountability The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) stronglydenounces the death penalty and stiff prison terms handed down to fifteen Oromo nationals by an Ethiopian federal high court in Addis Ababa/Finfinne. According to information obtained through our correspondents, the 3rd bench of the Federal…
Kenyan Churches blame government
The Associated Press The National Council of Churches accused Kenya’s government on Monday of involvement in a grenade attack on a rally against a draft constitution that would allow abortions in life-threatening pregnancies and recognize Islamic courts. The accusation over Sunday evening’s attack, which killed six people, could set a…
HRLHA URGENT ACTION No 3, June2010
Abduction and Disappearance of Refugees in Somaliland The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) expresses its deep concern about the safety of six Oromo refugees who were abducted from various locations in Somaliland on different dates in a joint operation by security forces of the governments of…
Government denies food aid “manipulated” for political gain
ADDIS ABABA, (IRIN) – After harvesting just 50kg of grain last year from his tiny plot in an arid corner of Ethiopia’s Amhara region, Asmenaw Keflegn knew he would have to ask for help. But when the 44-year-old member of the opposition All Ethiopia Unity Party asked his village chairman to…
Childeren must come first
HARGESIA, 17 June 2010 (IRIN) – Children with disabilities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland should be given priority in education, livelihood and health policies, child rights activists said on 16 June, during a ceremony marking the Day of the African Child. “The physical environment [access to schools and hospitals],…
Welcome to Human Rights League of The Horn!
HRLHA is aimed at defending fundamental human rights including freedoms of thought, expression and organization. It is also aimed at raising the awareness of individuals about thier own basic human rights and that of others. It has intended to work on the observances as well as due processes of law….
