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MALAWI: SALC CALLS ON MALAWIAN AUTHORITIES TO END VIOLENCE

Re: SECURITY FORCES’ USE OF FIREARMS AGAINST PROTESTORS President His Excellency Ngwazi Professor Bingu Wa Mutharika Office of the President and Cabinet Capital Hill Circle Private Bag 301 Capital City, Lilongwe…

Staff Writer26 July 2011

International Justice

SALC STATEMENT – RE: NEUTRAL COUNTRY MAY TAKE RWANDAN GENERAL

STATEMENT BY THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS THAT THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO HANDOVER RWANDAN GENERAL TO A NEUTRAL COUNTRY 20 July 2011 The Business…

Staff Writer20 July 2011

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Neutral country my take Rwandan general

The Business Day SA’s government is negotiating the handover of alleged Rwandan war criminal and former general Kayumba Nyamwasa to a "neutral country", sources confirmed yesterday. The exiled Lt-Gen Nyamwasa…

Staff Writer20 July 2011

International Justice

Controversial Rwandan general to be sent to “neutral country” – but where?

Last month, SALC together with the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants Rights in South Africa (CoRMSA) initatiated legal proceedings against the South African authorities to review their decision to grant former Rwandan General, Kayumbe Nyamwasa, refugee…

Staff Writer20 July 2011

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Information enables ‘freedom from the tyranny of excessive fertility’

Insufficient knowledge about contraceptive methods and how to use them and fear of social disapproval are included as main reasons for the unmet need for family planning and contraceptives. These…

Staff Writer14 July 2011

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PRESS RELEASE: SWAZI AUTHORITIES BEG FOR FUNDS WITH ONE HAND, WHILE WRECKING THE RULE OF LAW WITH THE OTHER, SAY AFRICAN LEGAL BODIES

JOHANNESBURG – Regional and continental legal bodies have condemned the suspension of Swazi High Court Justice, Thomas Masuku, and demanded his immediate reinstatement – as well as urging South Africa to…

Staff Writer7 July 2011

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US court finds anti-prostitution pledge for funding violates free speech

What does the decision of a US court sitting in New York have to do with our HIV work here in Africa? Turns out a lot. Yesterday the US Court of Appeals for…

Staff Writer7 July 2011

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Outrage as SADC pulls plug on rights tribunal

IOL In an unprecedented move, the Southern African Development Community has scrapped its showcase regional court, set up to deal with regional litigation on human rights and other issues. The…

Staff Writer30 June 2011

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Six deny any part in hit on ‘wanted’ Rwandan general

Six men accused of trying to murder refugee Rwandan general and suspected war criminal Kayumbe Nyamwasa in Johannesburg have pleaded not guilty to all charges against them. Nyamwasa fled to…

Staff Writer28 June 2011

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Disaster if Zimbabwe exported its crisis to region

The Business Day By Lloyd Kuveya AS A Zimbabwean now living in SA, I look with alarm at the violations of the rule of law that Zanu (PF) seems intent…

Staff Writer15 June 2011