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NEWS RELEASE: ZAMBIA HIGH COURT CONFIRMS ACQUITTAL OF HIV ACTIVIST, PAUL KASONKOMONA

Lusaka, 15 May 2015 – Today, Justice Judy Mulongoti confirmed the 2014 ruling of His Worship Lameck Ng’ambi in which he acquitted human rights activist, Paul Kasonkomona. In April 2013, Kasonkomona was arrested after…

Staff Writer15 May 2015

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression

MEDIA ADVISORY: JUDGMENT EXPECTED IN LUSAKA HIGH COURT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Judgment Expected in Lusaka High Court on Freedom of Expression Lusaka—On Friday 15 May, the High Court in Lusaka is expected to deliver judgment in an important case relating to…

Staff Writer15 May 2015

Angola Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression

ANGOLA: FABRICATED CHARGES AND CONTINUED DETENTION OF ACTIVISTS A MOCKERY OF JUSTICE

The continued detention of two human rights defenders held on fabricated charges of ‘crimes against the security of the state’ is a blatant oppression of freedom of expression and a…

Staff Writer13 May 2015

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Swazi judiciary leaves activists in lurch

Caroline James Business Day ON MAY 1 last year, Swazi political activists Mario Masuku and Maxwell Dlamini attended a commemoration of May Day in Manzini, Swaziland. Masuku spoke about his…

Staff Writer30 April 2015

Civic Rights Criminal Justice Eswatini

Swaziland Judicial Crisis Timeline

Caroline James 22 February 2013 Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi, appeals a decision by the Swaziland Revenue Authority (SRA) to tax him on a gratuity he received and to impose a…

Staff Writer22 April 2015

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Lawyers, rights groups rally around author of ‘Blood diamonds’, facing jail 31 March 2015

All Africa New York — The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, Amnesty International and over a dozen other human rights organisations including the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights have…

Staff Writer1 April 2015

Civic Rights Criminal Justice Eswatini

STATEMENT: THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE CONDEMNS THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AGAINST SWAZI LAWYER, THULANI MASEKO

Johannesburg: The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) expresses its deepest concern at reports from Swaziland that Thulani Maseko, a prominent human rights lawyer convicted of contempt of court and serving a…

Staff Writer23 March 2015

Freedom Of Speech Concept Showing Group Of Young People With Mouths Covered With Tape

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What’s the heavy-handed crackdown on free speech in Swaziland?

Thought Leader, Mail & Guardian 18 March 2015 By Caroline James Remembering Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu — one year on… Can you remember what you were doing 365 days…

Staff Writer18 March 2015

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Angola Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression

JOINT STATEMENT-ANGOLA: DETAINED ACTIVISTS MUST BE IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY FREED

The Angolan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two human rights defenders who were detained solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the country’s…

Staff Writer18 March 2015

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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 Writer9 December 2014

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