Estella Kabachwezi

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Estella Kabachwezi (@Kaka_Estella) is the Manager for the Advocacy, Research and Communications Department at DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project), a role she assumed in 2019. A Ugandan national, he has been with the organization since 2012. She regularly engages with the U.N. Human Rights Council, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and other international and regional human rights bodies.

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Sudanese demonstrators take the streets in Khartoum on June 3, 2022, holding cutouts of soldiers toting rifles, to demand justice for scores of pro-democracy protesters killed during the suppression of a 2019 sit-in against now-ousted dictator Omar al-Bashir. A protester was shot dead in the Sudanese capital, medics said, as UN human rights expert Amada Dieng urged authorities to "refrain from use of excessive force" against demonstrators. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

UN Members Should Reject Sudan Junta’s Membership on the Human Rights Council

Oct. 5, 2022 Hassan Shire, Estella Kabachwezi and 1 more