Eg Justice

Human Rights Defense/Advocacy: (1) Worked with the Equatoguinean Commission of Jurist and the Observatory of Lawyers in Danger to offer legal assistance and eventually secure the release of lawyer Angel Obama (Dec), and a former minister of Justice, Ruben Maye (Aug 2). (2) Collaborated on a joint-submission to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of lawyer and human rights defender, Anacleto Micha. (3) Collaborated with the Equatoguinean Commission of Jurist to offer legal assistance to 47 individuals arrested in connection to an environmental crisis on the island of Annobon. EG Justice is also offering humanitarian assistance (with support from Freedom House) to the family members of the detainees. (4) Submitted an NGO report to the Universal Periodic Review of Equatorial Guinea, and collaborated with 12 NGOs on various issues, including, digital rights, torture, freedom of speech, migration, health, education, LGBTQ+ rights and gender equality. Most of the recommendations proposed by the coalition were adopted and relayed by the UN delegations that participated in the review.

Protecting Civic Space/Civic Engagement: (1) Supported human rights awareness activities of local partner organizations Locos por Cultura and Somos Parte del Mundo. (2) Collaborated with a Lagos-based NGO (Renevlyn Development Initiative) to plan a 10-day training workshop on human and environmental rights. In the end, the training was canceled with the Nigerian embassy in EG refused to grant visas to the 12 Equatoguinean activists.