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According to the World Health Organisation, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide

According to the World Health Organisation, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide and is the leading cause of death amongst people living with HIV:…
Staff Writer
24 March 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY: MALAWI HIGH COURT TO HEAR CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO THE OFFENCE OF BEING A ROGUE AND VAGABOND Criminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice NewsMalawi

MEDIA ADVISORY: MALAWI HIGH COURT TO HEAR CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO THE OFFENCE OF BEING A ROGUE AND VAGABOND

Blantyre-On 1 September 2016, a three-member bench of the High Court of Malawi will hear arguments on the constitutionality of section 184(1)(c) of the Penal Code. The applicant is a…
Staff Writer
31 August 2016
Fighting TB with prisoners’ rights ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsSADC

Fighting TB with prisoners’ rights

Thought Leader By Annabel Raw Today is World Tuberculosis Day, commemorating the discovery of the cause of the disease in 1882. Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease with traces in…
Staff Writer
24 March 2015
Zambia’s prisoner transfer agreement ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights News

Zambia’s prisoner transfer agreement

Annabel Raw The Zambian Prison Service has recently concluded a multilateral agreement with a number of Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states to transfer foreign prisoners to their countries of nationality,…
Staff Writer
19 January 2015
Litigation Centre comes of age 28 November to 4 December 2014 ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsSADCSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSouth Africa

Litigation Centre comes of age 28 November to 4 December 2014

The Mail & Guardian Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel’s young institution has recently scored major victories in protecting the rights of people in Southern Africa Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel,…
Staff Writer
9 December 2014
Zambian inmates denied ARVS, court told ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Zambian inmates denied ARVS, court told

The Times Live Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening day of a landmark…
Staff Writer
4 December 2012
Zambian inmates denied ARV ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Zambian inmates denied ARV

  News24 4 December 2012 Lusaka – Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening…
Staff Writer
4 December 2012
Zambian court to determine whether congestion and lack of food contravenes rights of prisoners with HIV ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Zambian court to determine whether congestion and lack of food contravenes rights of prisoners with HIV

  Zambian Watchdog Just two days after World AIDS Day, the Zambia High Court will hear and determine whether pathetic, inhuman prison conditions and lack of food in Zambia prisons…
Staff Writer
3 December 2012
Condoms in prison debate rages ArticlesBotswanaCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsLesotho

Condoms in prison debate rages

Mmegi Online The issue of whether to distribute condoms in prisons is a hot potato that has pitted the government against AIDS organisations. It has pitted Vice-President Mompati Merafhe, against…
Staff Writer
5 October 2010