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Media Advisory: High Court to Decide Whether Foreign Prisoners Get HIV Treatment

Gaborone–On Friday 22 August 2014, the Botswana High Court will deliver judgment in a case challenging the government’s refusal to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to foreign prisoners. Two foreign, HIV-positive…

Staff Writer21 August 2014

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SA must put pressure on Swaziland to Open Society

The Business Day I THINK SA should recall its ambassador to Swaziland and threaten to close our borders with the country. I am not joking. We need to put more…

Staff Writer21 August 2014

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Human rights in the time of Ebola

The outbreak of Ebola in west Africa has caused global hysteria and fear. Human rights should be our focus instead. In recent weeks, two Ebola-infected American missionaries, were selected to…

Staff Writer19 August 2014

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Human rights are important in health crises

The Business Day By Annabel Raw THE outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has caused global hysteria and fear. Human rights should be our focus instead. In recent weeks, two…

Staff Writer19 August 2014

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African activists wary over support from US

The Business Day 12 August 2014 By Nicole Fritz YOU would think those who do human rights-related work might get to console themselves with the idea that their cause is…

Staff Writer13 August 2014

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Botswana in legal battle with foreign inmates

Al Jazeera Southern African nation dragged to court by foreign prisoners who say they have been deliberately denied AIDS treatment. Gaborone, Botswana – Dickson Tapela and Mbuso Piye are two of nearly…

Staff Writer11 August 2014

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Statement on Swazi Prime Minister’s Comments Threatening Civil Society Activists

Johannesburg: The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemns the statements made by Swazi Prime Minister, Barnabus Sibusiso Dlamini, in which he called on union representatives to “strangle” two civil society activists…

Staff Writer8 August 2014

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Swazi judgment deals a heavy blow to freedom of expression

By Caroline James On July 17 Judge Mpendulo Simelane found human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and magazine editor Bheki Makhubu guilty of contempt of court for writing articles in Makhubu’s…

Staff Writer1 August 2014

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Open Letter to the U.S. and Heads of African State and Governments

Dear Excellencies, Next week President Obama will host the U.S. – Africa Leaders’ Summit (henceforth the Summit) in Washington, D.C. Although this summit mainly focuses on trade and investment in…

Staff Writer1 August 2014

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Joint Statement: Civil Society Organizations Condemn Unreasonable Sentence of Prominent Swaziland Activists

The undersigned organisations, meeting at the Public Interest Law Gathering in Johannesburg, condemn the conviction and unreasonable sentence handed down by Judge Mpendulo Simelane in the Mbabane High Court in…

Staff Writer25 July 2014