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Malawi gay sentenced slammed

African civil society organisations have slammed a 14-year jail sentence with hard labour for a Malawian gay couple, convicted of violating "the order of nature" after staging a same sex…
Staff Writer
20 May 2010
World leaders named and shamed as “press predators” Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice News

World leaders named and shamed as “press predators”

Seventeen presidents and heads of government made the list of “predators of press freedom” by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Included in the list of 40 are China’s Hu Jintao, Iran’s…
Staff Writer
3 May 2010
Thulani Maseko arrested and charged under Swaziland’s Suppression of Terrorism Act Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformEswatini

Thulani Maseko arrested and charged under Swaziland’s Suppression of Terrorism Act

Thulani Maseko, a prominent human rights lawyer, has been arrested and is currently in police custody. He was initially charged under Swaziland’s recently enacted Suppression of Terrorism Act, but now…
Staff Writer
2 June 2009