On 8 April 2021, an Extraordinary Double Troika Summit convened by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) took place in Maputo, Mozambique. The Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation (Organ on Defence and Security) will implement the resolutions of…
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The quarterly digest of petty offences campaign activities for November 2020 to February 2021 is in three languages, English, Portuguese and French.
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SALC presents a policy brief on the impact of the Global gag rule on law reform for access to safe abortion in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi within the context of the countries' international obligations. Read the brief here.
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Mozambique’s 3rd Universal Periodic Review 38th Session (May 2021) Submission by: Southern Africa Litigation Centre October 2020 Introduction This submission has been prepared by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC). The issues raised relate to relating to freedom of expression,…
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SALC strongly condemns the recent killing of Dr. Anastácio Matavel. Dr Matavel was founder and executive director of FONGA-Gaza NGO Forum and chairman of the General Assembly of Joint Liga of NGOs in Mozambique. On the 7th October 2019, Dr…
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As of 2018, ITU estimated that 51.2% of the global population was using the internet. Much of the recent growth is occurring in Africa, which saw a 20% bump in internet users over the course of 2017. There are…
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By: Tyler Walton (SALC Fellow) On Sunday 28 April, starting at around midnight, people in Benin were unable to access social media sites and apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Telegram, and Viber. The partial shutdown was followed by a…
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A Mozambique court ordered the authorities to release three asylum seekers who arrived in the country after fleeing persecution in their country of origin. The asylum seekers were held without charge since April 2018 when they arrived in Chimoio, the…
Read More The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and on the situation of human rights defenders' communication to the Mozambican Government on the case of Mr. Ericino de Salema and other journalists and human rights…
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SALC is concerned about the prolonged unlawful detention of three asylum seekers in Chimoio, the capital city of Manica province in central Mozambique. Despite alerting the authorities including the Instituto Nacional de Apoio ao Refugiado (INAR) and the United Nations…
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