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Botswana Court of Appeal unanimously recognises gay rights organisation ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights News

Botswana Court of Appeal unanimously recognises gay rights organisation

Ground Up By Tashwill Esterhuizen Judgment has broader implications for many African countries that do not recognise sexual minorities. On 16 March, the Botswana Court of Appeal unanimously delivered a…
Staff Writer
23 March 2016
Thinking beyond a moratorium on prosecution of same-sex sexual acts in Malawi ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

Thinking beyond a moratorium on prosecution of same-sex sexual acts in Malawi

By Tashwill Esterhuizen In 2012, we saw a shift in the policy of the Executive branch of the Malawian Government towards sexual minorities. It committed itself to upholding regional, international…
Staff Writer
14 March 2016
Don’t be slaves of precedent, judges told ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights Disability ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights News

Don’t be slaves of precedent, judges told

The Patriot 18 January 2015 High Court of Botswana Judge Key Dingake has called on judges and magistrates to use their judicial powers to ensure that the rights of vulnerable…
Staff Writer
1 April 2015
Trial of Paul Kasonkomona points to politically motivated arrest ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Trial of Paul Kasonkomona points to politically motivated arrest

  On 16 October 2013, the long awaited trial of human rights activist, Paul Kasonkomona, proceeded in the Lusaka Magistrates Court in Zambia. Evidence led by the State during Kasonkomona’s…
Staff Writer
18 October 2013
Zambian High Court to rule on gay case ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Zambian High Court to rule on gay case

IOL Lusaka – The trial of prominent Zambian gay rights activist Paul Kasonkomona was put on hold Wednesday in order for the High Court to rule on a challenge brought…
Staff Writer
6 June 2013
Kasonkomona wins first round battle ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Kasonkomona wins first round battle

Ground Up 6 June 2013 Zambian activist Paul Kasonkomona has won an important first round in his court battle. In an interview on Zambian television in April he called for…
Staff Writer
6 June 2013
Homosexual case referred to High Court ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Homosexual case referred to High Court

Zambian Watchdog The Lusaka Magistrate’s Court ruled today that the criminal case against HIV activist Paul Kasonkomona should be transferred to the High Court for a hearing on the constitutional…
Staff Writer
22 May 2013