Spreading the word on sterilizations in Namibia

Nov 13th 2009, at 1:07 PM, Priti
Check out our blog post on Huffington Post on the coerced sterilizations of HIV positive women in Namibia.
Tags: Namibia, sterilization, HIV, women

Sterilization cases delayed

Oct 21st 2009, at 9:50 AM, Priti
The three cases which were scheduled to start today have been delayed until 24 November.
Tags: Namibia, sterilization, HIV, human rights

Forced sterilization cases to start

Oct 20th 2009, at 7:33 AM, Priti
The case of three HIV positive women who were allegedly sterilized without their consent at public hospitals in Namibia is scheduled to start in the Namibian High Court this morning.
Tags: Namibia, sterilization, HIV, women's rights

Zimbabwe's Challenge to the SADC Tribunal

Sep 22nd 2009, at 8:28 PM, Nicole
It is hardly surprsing that the Zimbabwean government, or more correctly, one half of that government, is attacking the SADC Tribunal.
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HIV Military Discrimination Case in the News

Sep 13th 2009, at 1:30 PM, Priti
Check out the Washington Post's coverage of our ZAF case.
Tags: HIV, military, discrimination, Zambia, Air Force

SALC's Prison Project

Sep 2nd 2009, at 7:10 PM, Priti
At present SALC is supporting initiatives aimed at improving prisoners’ rights and prison conditions in Malawi. As you’ll know from our blog, Malawi’s Constitutional Court recently handed down the Evance Moyo judgement, pertaining to juvenile prison
Tags: Malawi, prisoners' rights, Prisons

Evance Moyo Judgement

Sep 2nd 2009, at 6:16 PM, Priti
Evance Moyo v The Attoney-General is available for download.
Tags: Malawi, prisoners' rights, juvenile rights

SADC Summit and the Generals' Report on Zimbabwe

Aug 28th 2009, at 9:12 PM, Priti
The 29th Ordinary SADC Summit is to take place next week in Kinshasha, DRC. Zimbabwe is again likely to be on the agenda. With reports of an upsurge in political violence in Zimbabwe, SADC leaders, taking their obligation to promote peace and security in
Tags: zimbabwe, SADC, President Mbeki, Generals Report, Political Violence

Evance Moyo Judgement Handed Down in Malawi

Aug 28th 2009, at 8:14 PM, Priti
We’ve been waiting for some time for the Malawian Constitutional Court to hand down judgement in the Evance Moyo matter. Yesterday it did.
Tags: juvenile prisoners' rights, Malawi

Submission to UN on Coerced Sterilizations

Aug 19th 2009, at 10:58 AM, Priti
We, along with the ICW, Center for Reproductive Rights and a number of other organizations just submitted a letter to the UN Special Rapporteurs on Health, Violence Against Women, and Torture informing them of the practice of coerced sterilization of HIV
Tags: Namibia, sterilization, HIV, women's rights, sexual rights, reproductive rights