I have been attending a training on human rights research, writing and editing orgnaized by the African Human Rights Consortium -AHRC in Gaborone, Botswana. The institute seeks to produce effective media and NGO persons who will use research to push forward their advocacy work on human rights violations in their countries. But the institute story is for another day.

I am a human rights defender and I believe that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated with dignity. I also believe that as a human rights worker, I do not choose what rights to defend and what not to give attention to.