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5 simple things that could get you arrested in Angola

Muluka Miti-Drummond 7 July 2015 Thought Leader When people think of Angola many think of the 27-year-long civil war that ended in 2002. Some might even think of oil and…
Staff Writer
7 July 2015
Fighting TB with prisoners’ rights ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsSADC

Fighting TB with prisoners’ rights

Thought Leader By Annabel Raw Today is World Tuberculosis Day, commemorating the discovery of the cause of the disease in 1882. Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease with traces in…
Staff Writer
24 March 2015
Zambia’s prisoner transfer agreement ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights News

Zambia’s prisoner transfer agreement

Annabel Raw The Zambian Prison Service has recently concluded a multilateral agreement with a number of Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states to transfer foreign prisoners to their countries of nationality,…
Staff Writer
19 January 2015
Litigation Centre comes of age 28 November to 4 December 2014 ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSouth Africa

Litigation Centre comes of age 28 November to 4 December 2014

The Mail & Guardian Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel’s young institution has recently scored major victories in protecting the rights of people in Southern Africa Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel,…
Staff Writer
9 December 2014
Zambian inmates denied ARVS, court told ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Zambian inmates denied ARVS, court told

The Times Live Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening day of a landmark…
Staff Writer
4 December 2012
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Zambian inmates denied ARV

  News24 4 December 2012 Lusaka – Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening…
Staff Writer
4 December 2012
Zambian court to determine whether congestion and lack of food contravenes rights of prisoners with HIV ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Zambian court to determine whether congestion and lack of food contravenes rights of prisoners with HIV

  Zambian Watchdog Just two days after World AIDS Day, the Zambia High Court will hear and determine whether pathetic, inhuman prison conditions and lack of food in Zambia prisons…
Staff Writer
3 December 2012
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Condoms in prison debate rages

Mmegi Online The issue of whether to distribute condoms in prisons is a hot potato that has pitted the government against AIDS organisations. It has pitted Vice-President Mompati Merafhe, against…
Staff Writer
5 October 2010
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Punitive laws do little to stem the HIV tide

Business Day Priti Patel SEX, drugs, rock ’n’ roll with a reality show thrown in: sounds like the perfect cocktail for a media extravaganza. Well it was, just not in…
Priti Patel
2 September 2010