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NamRights, formerly National Society for Human Rights (NSHR), is a Namibian non-profit human rights organization, led by Phil ya Nangoloh Phil ya Nangoloh (born on 22 September 1954 in Ogongo in the Omusati region) is a Namibian human rights practitioner. He heads the organisation Namrights, formerly ''Namibia's National Society for Human Rights'' (NSHR). In search of better educa ... who founded the institution in 1989. References External links Namrights web presenceNSHR changes its name to Namibian Rights and Responsibilities Incorporated Human rights organisations based in Namibia {{Africa-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the Zambezi, Zambezi River near Kazungula, Zambia. Namibia's capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, and has been inhabited since prehistoric times by the Khoekhoe, Khoi, San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. From 1600 the Ovambo people#History, Ovambo formed kingdoms, such as Ondonga and Oukwanyama. In 1884, the German Empire established rule over most of the territory, forming a colony known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German troops waged a punitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Ya Nangoloh
Phil ya Nangoloh (born on 22 September 1954 in Ogongo in the Omusati region) is a Namibian human rights practitioner. He heads the organisation Namrights, formerly ''Namibia's National Society for Human Rights'' (NSHR). In search of better educational opportunities ya Nangoloh left Namibia in 1974. On his way into exile, he worked as a sheep and cattle herder in Angola and was later imprisoned in Zaire under the pretext of spying for Rhodesia. He was released at the request of Hisham Omayad of the United Nations Council for Namibia and transferred to SWAPO in Lusaka. In November 1974 he became a member of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN). Later ya Nangoloh was sent to the Soviet Union where he received military training and completed a degree in radio engineering. By a visit to Finland, he came under renewed SWAPO suspicion of espionage and before he was deported to SWAPO in Angola, he escaped from the Soviet Union. Then trying to apply for political asylum in Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
