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Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Lesotho

MEDIA ADVISORY: LESOTHO JOURNALIST CHALLENGES OFFENCE OF CRIMINAL DEFAMATION IN COURT

Maseru, Lesotho – On Monday 19 February 2018, the Lesotho Constitutional Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of the offence of criminal defamation. The case is brought by Basildon…

Staff Writer19 February 2018

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Botswana: Challenge to the offence of sedition

In September 2014, a warrant of arrest was issued for Botswana journalist, Outsa Makone, charging him with sedition after the publication of an article in the Sunday Standard on 31…

Staff Writer5 February 2018

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Zimbabwe: Challenging the disenfranchisement of Zimbabweans in the diaspora

Shumba & Others v Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs & Others SALC supported three members of the Zimbabwe Diaspora, represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, who challenged…

Staff Writer18 January 2018

Zimbabwe: Protecting marginalised groups’ right to assembly

On 28 November 2017, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe set aside the decision of the High Court of Zimbabwe, in which the High Court refused the Sexual Rights Centre (SRC)…

Staff Writer28 November 2017

Civic Rights

STATEMENT: CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP (COALITION FOR AN EFFECTIVE SADC TRIBUNAL) MOURNS THE DEMISE OF THE SADC TRIBUNAL

About the SADC Tribunal - Civil society slam states for suspending the Tribunal On what what was supposed to be the 12th Anniversary of the SAC Tribunal, SALC and civil society partners, members of SADC…

Staff Writer21 November 2017

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression SADC

STATEMENT: 61ST ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE’S RIGHTS, BANJUL, THE GAMBIA |1-15 November 2017

SALC is attending the 61st Ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights in Banjul, Republic of the Gambia. The organisation, yesterday, made submissions on freedom of expression in Lesotho and…

Staff Writer7 November 2017

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Zimbabwe: What hope for diaspora vote in 2018 elections?

The Daily Maverick In the past the constitution of Zimbabwe and other legal instruments were not providing for Zimbabweans abroad to vote. However, the 2013 Constitution makes provision for a…

Staff Writer30 October 2017

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Tanzania

STATEMENT: PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA

We call on the Government of Tanzania to Respect, Promote and Protect Legal Practitioners and Human Rights Defenders From All Forms Of Threats, Harassment And Intimidation Human rights defenders standing…

Staff Writer24 October 2017

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression South Africa

JOINT STATEMENT: AGENDA ITEM 6: UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA

Statement of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and the Law Society of South Africa regarding the Universal Periodic Review of South Africa can…

Staff Writer21 September 2017

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Malawi: Challenging the refusal to register LGBTIQ+ organisation in Malawi

Legal Framework Section 32 of the Malawi Constitution protects freedom of assembly and association. The section states that every person shall have the right to freedom of association, which shall…

Staff Writer17 August 2017