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Botswana: Lawyer Says HIV+ foreign inmates have themselves to blame

THe Mid Week Sun 12 June 2014 Principal state counsel David Moloise has argued that it is in the public interest that government refuses to provide foreign prisoners with anti-retroviral…

Staff Writer13 June 2014

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Botswana says foreign prison inmates don’t deserve ARVs

Star Africa 11 June 2014 The Botswana government on Wednesday revealed in court that it was refusing to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to foreign inmates because they have themselves to…

Staff Writer12 June 2014

Criminal Justice

COURT DIARY: BONELA – HIV TREATMENT FOR FOREIGN PRISONERS

10 JUNE 2014 GABORONE, BOTSWANA On 10 June 2014, Judge Bengbame Sechele of the High Court in Gaborone heard an application by two prisoners and the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law…

Staff Writer11 June 2014

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

Gaborone–On Tuesday 10 June, the Botswana High Court will hear argument in a case challenging the government’s refusal to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to foreign prisoners. “Prisoners, particularly foreign prisoners,…

Staff Writer9 June 2014

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MALAWI@50: POLICE SWEEPING EXERCISES A CAUSE FOR CONCERN

On 6 July 2014 Malawi celebrated 50 years of independence from British rule. Ironically, in the two weeks leading up to this momentous occasion, the Malawi Police Service used laws…

Staff Writer8 June 2014

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THE UNDP: COMPETING PERSPECTIVES ON PATENT REGULATION

On 19 May 2014, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a new Guidebook on the use of competition law to promote access to health technologies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).…

Staff Writer4 June 2014

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SWAZILAND’S RULE OF LAW CRISIS

In Swaziland the case against human rights lawyer, Thulani Maseko, and The Nation magazine editor, Bheki Makhubu, has attracted international attention, drawing comment and condemnation from international agencies such as…

Staff Writer3 June 2014

International Justice

ZIMBABWE TORTURE CASE-CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DIARY

On 19 May 2014 the South African Constitutional Court heard oral argument in the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service v Southern Africa Litigation Centre and another. The South…

Staff Writer22 May 2014

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SA police fight order to probe crimes against humanity in Zim

SW Radio Africa South Africa’s police service on Monday resumed its fight against court orders to probe crimes against humanity, committed in Zimbabwe. Two previous South African courts have ruled…

Staff Writer21 May 2014

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SA Police ‘Powerless’ to probe foreign crimes

The Business Day THE South African Police Service (SAPS) did not have the power to investigate claims of crimes against humanity committed in Zimbabwe if the perpetrators were not in…

Staff Writer21 May 2014