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Mélanie Sonhaye Kombate

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Mélanie Sonhaye Kombate is a Togolese human rights and women's rights activist. She is the Advocacy and Programs Director at West African Human Rights Defenders Network (WARHRDN).[1]

In 2018 Kombate was amongst those calling for the release of 26 people arrested for protesting a new finance law in Niger.[2] In November 2021 she signed a joint statement warning of the need "to prevent imminent genocide in Ethiopia".[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Five West African Women's Rights Activists You Should Know". Equality Now. August 11, 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ "This 25 May marks two months in detention of 26 activists and civil society members". OMCT. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Africa's civil society unites in call to avert 'looming genocide' in Ethiopia". Daily Monitor. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2023.