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NEWS RELEASE: BONELA CALLS ON FOREIGN PRISONERS IN NEED OF ARVS TO COME FORWARD

Gaborone, 8 June 2015 – The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) is calling on HIV-positive foreign prisoners in Botswana in need of ARV treatment to make contact…

Staff Writer8 June 2015

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Concerns grow for detained Angolan activist

2 June 2015 In Angola, there is growing concern about a detained rights activist’s health. José Marcos Mavungo was arrested in March for alleged crimes against the security of the…

Staff Writer3 June 2015

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Swaziland court orders release of human rights lawyer and editor

The New Age 30 June 2015 The Swaziland Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release from prison of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and magazine editor Bheki Makhubu who have…

Staff Writer1 June 2015

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The challenge of freedom of expression in Africa

By Anneke Meerkotter and Ian Swartz In many countries, whether your freedom of expression is respected or not continues to depend on the views you hold. The prosecution of Zambian…

Staff Writer26 May 2015

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Jailed Swazi activists in legal limbo

The Mail & Guardian 25 May 2015 It is now over a year since the imprisonment of two Swazi activists — and they have still not been granted bail. Around…

Staff Writer26 May 2015

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SA obligated to arrest Sudan’s president

22 May 2015 SABC News The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) says it has written an open letter to the South African ministers of Justice and of International Relations and…

Staff Writer25 May 2015

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Polokwane Mayor wants truth about disappearance of MK sister

Times Live 20 May 2022 The sister of an Umkhonto weSizwe courier who disappeared in the 1980s has filed an application before the Pretoria high court to force a formal…

Staff Writer25 May 2015

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Mayor demands inquest into sister’s 1983 death

Mail & Guardian 21 May 2015 TRC records show that Umkhonto weSizwe member Nokuthula Simelane was tortured on a North West farm and believed killed. Thirty-two years after her disappearance,…

Staff Writer22 May 2015

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‘SA obliged to arrest Bashir’

IOL Johannesburg – Rule of law champions have reminded the South African government that it had an obligation to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir if he came to South Africa…

Staff Writer22 May 2015

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Malawi High Court to deliver landmark ruling on HIV mandatory ruling

19 May 2015 The Malawi High Court will on Wednesday deliver landmark ruling on HIV and AIDS mandatory testing in a case of State versus Mwanza Police, District Hospital Ministry…

Staff Writer21 May 2015

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