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Prosecutor ‘swaps sides’ in Harare rights case ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Prosecutor ‘swaps sides’ in Harare rights case

The Business Day CITING threats and intimidation from his colleagues, the head of the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) Priority Crimes Litigation Unit, Anton Ackermann, has switched sides and come out…
Staff Writer
27 March 2012
Menzi Simelane behind bid to thwart Zimbabwe torture probe ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice Torture ArticlesSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Menzi Simelane behind bid to thwart Zimbabwe torture probe

The Mail&Guardian Suspended prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane appears to be at the centre of an attempt to thwart the prosecution in South Africa of Zimbabwean government officials accused of torture.…
Staff Writer
26 March 2012
Defending the rights of LGBTI at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council Session AngolaCivic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights News

Defending the rights of LGBTI at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council Session

For proponents of the principle that everyone is entitled to the same human rights irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity, February 2012 started disappointingly: On 7 February 2012,…
Anneke Meerkotter
17 February 2012