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News Release: Non Government Organisations Call on African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to Find in Favour of Freedom of Expression Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Expression

News Release: Non Government Organisations Call on African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to Find in Favour of Freedom of Expression

20 March 2014 18 Non-Government Organisations will appear at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in Arusha,Tanzania, today, as amici curiae (friends of the court) pertaining to the matter of…
Staff Writer
24 March 2014
Zambia: Activist defends right to freedom of expression Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly Completed CasesCivic Rights Completed CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ Completed CasesZambia

Zambia: Activist defends right to freedom of expression

Paul Kasonkomona is a respected HIV activist and National Coordinator of Engender Rights-Zambia. On 7 April 2013, Kasonkomona was arrested outside Muvi TV station after he appeared on a television…
Staff Writer
25 February 2014
A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF ZAMBIA’S CONSTITUTION-MAKING PROCESS AND THE ‘LEAKED’ FINAL DRAFT CONSTITUTION Civic RightsResourcesZambia

A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF ZAMBIA’S CONSTITUTION-MAKING PROCESS AND THE ‘LEAKED’ FINAL DRAFT CONSTITUTION

On the 15th of January 2014 the Zambian Watchdog and Lusaka Times released a ‘leaked’ copy of the final draft constitution which was reportedly handed to President Sata. One of President Sata’s promises in the run-up to…
Staff Writer
16 January 2014
Supreme Court of Canada champions sex workers’ rights ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights News

Supreme Court of Canada champions sex workers’ rights

On 20 December 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada made a significant ruling relating to the rights of sex workers. In the case of Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford, a unanimous…
Staff Writer
10 January 2014
News Release: Time to Overhaul Swaziland’s Oppressive Suppression of Terrorism Act, Say Local and International Organizations Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Expression

News Release: Time to Overhaul Swaziland’s Oppressive Suppression of Terrorism Act, Say Local and International Organizations

Johannesburg, 12 November – In a letter to Swaziland’s Prime Minister, 25 organisations called on the government to amend the reviled and unconstitutional Suppression of Terrorism Act (STA), which has been…
Staff Writer
19 November 2013

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