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SALC in the News: Krejcir Appeal Tests Rights of Refugees

Niren Tolsi 17 May 2013, Mail&Guardian Radovan Krejcir’s controversial case has called into question the blanket ban on revealing asylum seekers’ details. The Constitutional Court must grapple with how to balance several fundamental rights, following the application by three media houses to have it review whether there should be blanket …» Read More

SALC in the News: Lesotho denies women right to be chiefs

Business Day, Ernest Mabuza, May 17 2013–The Johannesburg-based Southern Africa Litigation Centre branded Thursday a dark day for women in Lesotho after the mountain kingdom’s Constitutional Court upheld a section of the Chieftainship Act that denied daughters the right to succeed to chieftainship. This is in sharp contrast to South …» Read More

SALC IN THE NEWS: PAUL KASONKOMONA FIGHTS FOR FAIR TRIAL

May 15, 2013, GroundUp by Jonathan Dockney Paul Kasonkomona, an HIV/Aids activist based in Zambia, appeared in the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court today (15 May) on charges of idle and disorderly behaviour. He was arrested last month after calling on the Zambian government to decriminalise homosexuality and to respect the human rights …» Read More

News Release: LESOTHO COURT FAILS WOMEN BY DENYING THEM THE RIGHT TO SUCCEED TO CHIEFTAINSHIP

Johannesburg, 16 May – Lesotho’s Constitutional Court today struck a serious blow against women’s rights and gender equality by upholding a discriminatory section of the Chieftainship Act, which denies all daughters the right to succeed to chieftainship solely due to their gender. “This is a dark day for women in …» Read More

Media Advisory: FINAL ARGUMENTS IN SA HIGH COURT CHALLENGE TO REFUGEE STATUS OF CONTROVERSIAL RWANDAN GENERAL AND SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINAL

Johannesburg, May 16: On 17 May, the South Gauteng High Court will hear final arguments in a landmark case challenging the decision by South Africa to grant refugee status to former Rwandan General and suspected war criminal Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa. The case, which was brought by the Consortium of Refugees …» Read More