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Lesotho: Police must be held accountable for unnecessary use of force against protestors Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsLesotho

Lesotho: Police must be held accountable for unnecessary use of force against protestors

The Transformation Resource Center (TRC), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemn the killing of a university student and an apparently unjustified physical assault…
Staff Writer
15 July 2022
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Statement calling on SADC member states to prioritise LGBTQI+ rights Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsSADC

Statement calling on SADC member states to prioritise LGBTQI+ rights

In March 2022, over 60 LGBTIQ+ activists from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region met in Johannesburg to strengthen regional collaboration and promote strategies that advance the rights and…
Staff Writer
11 July 2022
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Journalist a terrorist? How anti-terrorism laws constitute a threat to fundamental human rights in Eswatini ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatiniSADC

Journalist a terrorist? How anti-terrorism laws constitute a threat to fundamental human rights in Eswatini

In May 2022, the African Union (AU) held an extraordinary session on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes of Governments in Africa in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, resulting in a declaration entitled “robust…
Melusi Simelane
6 July 2022
A chance for the strengthening of due process of law in Eswatini ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

A chance for the strengthening of due process of law in Eswatini

On the morning of 10 June 2022, the Supreme Court of Eswatini held the hearing of interlocutory questions related to the appeal filed by the State after a 16 September…
Rodrigo Canalli
15 June 2022
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Where to for Eswatini as the monarchy continues to stifle dissent? ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Where to for Eswatini as the monarchy continues to stifle dissent?

The past week saw three developments that epitomise the continued socio-political crisis in Eswatini, a crisis that remains largely ignored outside of the country’s borders. A study released on 25…
Melusi Simelane
4 February 2022
Statement: Concern as states continue to use terrorism laws to inhibit freedom of expression and access to information Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights News

Statement: Concern as states continue to use terrorism laws to inhibit freedom of expression and access to information

As the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) joins the world in commemorating the International Day for Universal Access to Information, SALC condemns the increased use of 'terrorism' laws to crackdown…
Staff Writer
27 September 2021
Refusing bail of MPs reeks of politics not justice ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Refusing bail of MPs reeks of politics not justice

On 25 July 2021, Members of Parliament Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube were arrested and charged with the contravention of section 5(1) read with section 2(a)-(d) of the Suppression…
Thabo Buthelezi
20 August 2021

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