Defenders@Risk is a biannual overview of human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk across the West African subregion, compiled by the West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS) to monitor the civic space specifically in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).
It offers insights into major happenings and trends in the civic space, and captures incidents involving human rights defenders (HRDs), activists and other civic actors as well as developments bordering on the freedoms of speech and expression, association and assembly within the countries under review. It equally interrogates political inclusion, political participation and government tolerance of criticism and dissent as fundamental attributes of democracy across the West African subregion.r
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