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Civic Rights Zimbabwe

Joint Statement Calling for the Ban on Zambian Lawyer, John Sangwa, to be Lifted Immediately

Statement Issued By: Amnesty International, SADC Lawyers’ Association and Southern Africa Litigation Centre The Zambian authorities must immediately and unconditionally reinstate lawyer John Sangwa and allow him to practise in…

Staff Writer23 March 2020

Criminal Justice Prison Reform Malawi

Joint Statement: Civil society organisations call for the urgent decongestion of prisons in response to COVID-19

With the COVID-19 pandemic having been declared a global emergency, the is an urgent need to address the high levels of congestion in Malawi prisons. The Malawi Government has appointed…

Staff Writer18 March 2020

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Why is South Africa providing a haven for an arms dealer convicted of war crimes?

Daily Maverick, 18 March 2020 Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh is executive director, Southern Africa Litigation Centre. Andrew Feinstein is a former ANC MP and executive director Shadow World Investigations. Dutch war criminal…

Staff Writer18 March 2020

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Media Release: SALC seeks the cancellation of the visa of Dutch arms dealer and convicted war criminal, Guus Kouwenhoven

The High Court, Western Cape Division has set down the hearing of an application by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) in the case of Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC)…

Staff Writer17 March 2020

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Celebrating International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day (IWD), which was held on 8 March 2020, represents an important day in the fight for women’s rights, equality and non-discrimination in Southern Africa and around the…

Nicholas Bugeja17 March 2020

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Criminal Justice Zambia

Update on the Arrest of Zambian HRDs

On the 20 January 2020, SALC and Amnesty International, released a statement condemning the arrest of, Fumba Chama, popularly known as Pilato, a Zambian human rights defender and musician, as…

Staff Writer17 March 2020

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Eswatini women challenge oppressive laws

Fair Planet 21 February 2020 Eswatini Women Challenge Oppressive Laws Hlengiwe Tsabedze, a married 33-year old shop-floor worker in Mbabane, the capital of the tiny southern African kingdom of Eswatini…

Staff Writer21 February 2020

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South Africa, Apartheid, Crimes against humanity and the Rule of Law: Quo Vadis?

The Daily Maverick 21 February 2020 Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh South Africa is a young democracy, but the unfinished business of apartheid remains a pressing priority for the state. South Africa’s embarrassing…

Staff Writer21 February 2020

Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights Resources Malawi

SALC in the news: Malawian LGBTI activist ‘unlawfully’ arrested and detained in SA

On the 18th February 2020, Dispatch Live reported: A Malawian LGBTI activist was arrested and detained by police at the weekend after being asked for proof of his immigration status…

Staff Writer19 February 2020

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Malawi’s rastafarians win landmark dreadlock ruling

CGTN Africa 9 February 2020 Makeda Mbewe was just six years old when she was kicked out of her primary school in Malawi for wearing her hair in the dreadlocks…

Staff Writer10 February 2020

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