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Joint civil society statement calling for decongestion of Malawi prisons amid COVID-19 pandemic

9 April 2020, Malawi - We the undersigned organisations commend His Excellency, The State President, Arthur Peter Mutharika for including prison decongestion as one of the measures to combat COVID-19 in…

Staff Writer9 April 2020

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Submission to the report of the Secretary General

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner made a call to Non Governmental Organisations to receive any relevant information with regard to the question of the Death Penalty. Below…

Staff Writer2 April 2020

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Zambia: Challenging criminalisation of breastfeeding by a woman living with HIV

SALC is supporting the case of a domestic worker, a woman living with HIV, charged with the offence of "negligent Act likely to spread infection" for allegedly breastfeeding her employer's…

Staff Writer31 March 2020

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

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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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