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Lesotho: Palliative care for military prisoners

SALC supported a case brought by private lawyer, Advocate Mole Kumalo, to compel the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) to permit a soldier being held in detention to access medical care,…

Staff Writer31 October 2016

Criminal Justice Lesotho

BASILDON PETA APPEARING IN COURT IN LESOTHO AMIDST SECURITY CONCERNS

Mr Basildon Peta, the publisher of the Lesotho Times newspaper, is due to appear in the Maseru Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 19 July 2016. On 5 July 2016, Mr Peta…

Caroline James19 July 2016

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Lesotho

Joint Civil Society Statement: Lesotho Authorities must protect the Right to Freedom of Expression

The undersigned organisations condemn the increasing acts of harassment and intimidation against journalists in Lesotho, exemplified by the recent attack against the editor of the Lesotho Times newspaper and the…

Staff Writer12 July 2016

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Lesotho: Protecting Detainees Against Abuse

SALC worked with the Transformation Resource Centre (TRC) and Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, Lesotho (CCJP) and the wives of 23 soldiers of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) to support the…

Staff Writer29 April 2016

Civic Rights Judicial Independence Civic Rights Resources Lesotho

Lawyer for detained Lesotho soldiers arrested

14 February 2016 ENCA JOHANNESBURG – Prominent Lesotho lawyer Khotso Nthontho, one of five legal men on an alleged “hit list” circulated late last year, was arrested on charges of…

Staff Writer15 February 2016

Civic Rights Lesotho

[PRESS BRIEFING] LESOTHO RULE OF LAW CRISIS

On Monday 1 February 2016, two important events are scheduled in Lesotho that stand to have important effects on the country’s prospects for peace and stability and to indicate the…

Staff Writer29 January 2016

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Endangering lawyers and the rule of law in Lesotho and Swaziland

Annabel Raw & Caroline James Friday 22 January is the international Day of the Endangered Lawyer. It is a day in which we draw focus on those in the legal profession…

Staff Writer22 January 2016

Civic Rights Lesotho

Court Diary: Lesotho Soldier Challenges the SADC Commission of Inquiry

Annabel Raw On 2 and 3 December 2015, SALC attended a hearing in the Maseru High Court in Hashatsi v the Prime Minister and Others. The case relates to a Commission…

Staff Writer9 December 2015

Civic Rights International Justice Lesotho

HASHATSI COURT DIARY: LESOTHO SOLDIER CHALLENGES THE SADC COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

On 2 and 3 December 2015, SALC attended a hearing in the Maseru High Court in Hashatsi v the Prime Minister and Others. The case relates to a Commission of…

Staff Writer9 December 2015

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Trampling on the rule of law in Lesotho

Daily Maverick By Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh Lesotho has faced repeated political and security crises over many years. Politics in the impoverished mountain kingdom has been marked by coups and assassinations and…

Staff Writer30 October 2015

Lesotho