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Grave concern about Lesotho torture

IOL 11 August 2015 Johannesburg – A leading human rights group on Tuesday warned of “grave human rights concerns” – including allegations of widespread torture of detained soldiers – in…

Staff Writer12 August 2015

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Africa rulings move LGBT rights forward

Jurist By Anneke Meekotter & Graeme Reidof 4 August 2015 JURIST Guest Columnists Anneke Meerkotter of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and Graeme Reidof Human Rights Watch discuss how recent…

Staff Writer5 August 2015

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The arduous road to global justice

IOL By Angela Mudukuti The trial of former Chadian leader Hissene Habre shows that there are limitations to the administration of international justice, writes Angela Mudukuti. The limited distribution of…

Staff Writer4 August 2015

Criminal Justice

Court Diary: Attorney General and Others v Tapela and Others

On 23 July 2015, the Botswana Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in an appeal against a High Court decision of August 2014 in which the government’s policy refusing antiretroviral…

Staff Writer29 July 2015

Criminal Justice

COURT DIARY: ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OTHERS V TAPELA AND OTHERS

On 23 July 2015, the Botswana Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in an appeal against a High Court decision of August 2014 in which the government’s policy refusing antiretroviral…

Staff Writer29 July 2015

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Court frees jailed Swazi activists

Rhe Mail & Guardian 16 July 2015 Two “political prisoners” were granted bail in Swaziland on Tuesday after being detained on terrorism charges for more than a year. The president…

Staff Writer28 July 2015

International Justice South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA: EU MPS GRILL SA LAWMAKERS ON ‘ESCAPE’

South Africa should have prevented Omar Al-Bashir from leaving the country, a delegation from the EU’s parliament said this week – but the ANC maintains this country’s failure to arrest…

Staff Writer27 July 2015

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Human rights leader berates Adam Habib for views Al-Bashir

24 July 2015 Times Lives The former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called out Wits University vice-chancellor Adam Habib for his comments about Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and…

Staff Writer27 July 2015

Botswana Criminal Justice

BOTSWANA: JUDGMENT RESERVED ON ARVS CASE RESERVED ON ARVS CASE

23 July 2015 Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) and the Attorney General’s Chambers are each crossing their fingers hoping for the Court of Appeal’s favour on…

Staff Writer24 July 2015

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MEDIA ADVISORY: COURT OF APPEAL TO CONSIDER FOREIGN PRISONERS’ RIGHT TO HIV TREATMENT

Gaborone – On Thursday, 23 July 2015, the Botswana Court of Appeal will hear arguments in an appeal against a 2014 High Court judgment in which the government was ordered…

Staff Writer22 July 2015