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Media Release: SALC and Amnesty International condemn the ongoing harassment and persecution of Zambian HRDs Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCriminal JusticeZambia

Media Release: SALC and Amnesty International condemn the ongoing harassment and persecution of Zambian HRDs

On Saturday, 21 December 2019, Fumba Chama, popularly known Pilato, a Zambian human rights defender and musician, was arrested for unlawful assembly in violation of the Public Order Act apparently…
Staff Writer
20 January 2020
Opinion: Eswatini’s citizens condemn lavish spending by the monarchy at their peril ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Opinion: Eswatini’s citizens condemn lavish spending by the monarchy at their peril

Published in the Daily Maverick on 17 December 2019 In a time of economic hardship for Eswatini, citizens saw the arrival of a large fleet of luxury cars for the…
Anneke Meerkotter
20 December 2019
SALC shadow report-Zimbabwe’s Combined 11th-15th Periodic Report (65th Ordinary Session, Oct-Nov 2019) Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights ExpressionEquality RightsEquality Rights HealthInternational JusticeInternational Justice TortureSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSubmissionsZimbabwe

SALC shadow report-Zimbabwe’s Combined 11th-15th Periodic Report (65th Ordinary Session, Oct-Nov 2019)

Zimbabwe's 11th-15th Combined Report to the African Commission on Human and People's Rights 65th Session (Oct-Nov 2019) Submission by Southern Africa Litigation Centre October 2019 Introduction Zimbabwe adopted a new…
Staff Writer
15 October 2019
Zambia: Challenging the enforcement of the offence of defamation of the President Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly Ongoing CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Ongoing CasesCivic Rights Ongoing CasesZambia

Zambia: Challenging the enforcement of the offence of defamation of the President

The offence of defaming the President has been used far more in Zambia over the past decade than in many other countries. This is a great cause of concern and…
Staff Writer
25 May 2019