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‘No request to extradite Nyamwasa’

The Times Live South Africa has yet to receive a formal extradition request from Spain for former Rwandan army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa over genocide charges. In 2008 Spain charged…

Staff Writer19 September 2010

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Draft UN Report – Paving the way for justice in the DRC

The leaked United Nations Mapping Report documenting a decade of violence in the DRC has caused quite a stir. The report documents atrocities committed by various armed groups in the country, it also alleges that Rwandan…

Staff Writer17 September 2010

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Namibian women with HIV tell of forced sterilisations

The Times Live "I was in labour at the state hospital when a nurse showed me a paper and said I must sign to allow a Caesarean section," she told…

Staff Writer9 September 2010

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Sterilisation sparks social outcry

The Mail&Guardian When an HIV-positive woman in labour arrived at a Namibian state hospital in October 2007, she did not know that the health workers responsible for delivering her baby…

Staff Writer9 September 2010

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An ironic invitation – Al-Bashir celebrates Kenya’s new constitution…in Kenya

The world was caught somewhat off guard this morning when it learnt that Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, packed his bags and headed to Kenya to attend the promulgation of its…

Staff Writer27 August 2010

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‘Defend rights of HIV+ people’

ZAMBIA AIDS Law Research and Advocacy Network (ZARAN) has called on the legal fraternity in Zambia to use their legal skills to defend the poor who have been adversely infected…

Staff Writer26 August 2010

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Botswana’s position is disappointing

By Nicole Fritz and Lloyd Kuveya Outside the international lawyer’s world, the European Court on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms generates little scintillating debate. And yet it is an institution…

Staff Writer17 August 2010

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Scant room to scoff at model’s stupidity

By Nicole Fritz AMONG those who do human rights work and who are inclined to sackcloth and ashes, model Naomi Campbell’s testimony at the Special Court for Sierra Leone caused…

Staff Writer17 August 2010

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Botswana defies African Commission ruling

Botswana Defies African Commission Ruling Statements by Botswana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs indicating that Botswana will not comply with a recent ruling by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’…

Staff Writer16 August 2010

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Botswana civil society and media take government to court

The media fraternity has roped in other civil society organisations in their looming court case to overturn the Media Practitioners Act. Represented by attorney Dick Bayford and advocate Steven Budlender…

Staff Writer14 August 2010

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