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The Supreme Court of Namibia rules that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsNamibia

The Supreme Court of Namibia rules that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia

Windhoek, Namibia: 16 May 2023 - Today, four out of a five-panel bench in the Supreme Court of Namibia pronounced against the unconstitutional denial of immigration status to non-Namibian spouses…
Staff Writer
16 May 2023
Malawi High Court declares unconstitutional the banning of dreadlocks in government schools Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsMalawiSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights EducationSocio-economic Rights News

Malawi High Court declares unconstitutional the banning of dreadlocks in government schools

Zomba, 9 May 2023 – On 8 May 2023, the High Court of Malawi delivered a judgment declaring that the unwritten or written policy of the Government requiring all learners,…
Staff Writer
9 May 2023
False news or free speech: Protecting freedom of expression in Botswana ArticlesBotswanaCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights News

False news or free speech: Protecting freedom of expression in Botswana

Published in The African and IOL 3 May 2023 By: Melusi Simelane, Civic Rights Cluster Manager, Southern Africa Litigation Centre Publishing false news or alarming/misleading information, defined differently in different…
Melusi Simelane
3 May 2023
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Eswatini Supreme Court to hear case on registration of Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsEswatini

Eswatini Supreme Court to hear case on registration of Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities

21 April 2023, Mbabane – On 26 April 2023, the Eswatini Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case challenging the refusal by the Eswatini’s Registrar of Companies to register…
Staff Writer
21 April 2023
LGBTQ rights and inclusion amid Botswana’s constitutional review process ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights News

LGBTQ rights and inclusion amid Botswana’s constitutional review process

Washington Blade 5 April 2023 By: Bradley Fortuin All Batswana must be included in the debate (Featured photo: Constitutional review interest group meeting in Kasane, Botswana. Taken by Raymond Kolanyane)…
Bradley Fortuin
6 April 2023
Protect Sex Workers’ Rights ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Police AbuseCriminal Justice Police Abuse ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesMalawi

Protect Sex Workers’ Rights

The Nation By Luntha Chimbwete 27 March 2023 It is commonly known that all over the world – including Malawi, women are involved in the sex work industry for a…
Luntha Chimbwete
27 March 2023

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