BBC News 26 August 2015 Botswana’s court of appeal has upheld a ruling that foreign prisoners should receive free treatment for HIV/Aids, rights lawyers say. Foreign prisoners were previously expected…
Global Post 26 August 2015 GABORONE, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — The marathon case in which foreign inmates with HIV were suing the government of Botswana for refusing to provide them…
SALC worked with the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and AIDS (BONELA) to challenge the Botswana government’s policy of refusing HIV treatment to non-citizen prisoners. Citizen prisoners were entitled to…
Justice Terrence Rannowane of Gaborone High Court will, on April 29, deliver a ruling in the case in which the Attorney Generals (AGs) wants the court to grant a stay of…
Gaborone –The Gaborone High Court will tomorrow hear an urgent application brought by the Attorney General who seeks to stay the execution of an order granted by the High Court in…
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…
Malawi Nation 22 March 2015 The court set up and the way proceedings are conducted is intimidatory to people, including witnesses, Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has said. The Chief Justice…
The Citizen 20 January 2015 Foreign prisoners in Botswana with HIV/Aids will have to wait longer before they receive free antiretroviral medication from government. The country’s government has appealed a…
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,…
Gaborone–On Friday 22 August 2014, the Botswana High Court will deliver judgment in a case challenging the government’s refusal to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to foreign prisoners. Two foreign, HIV-positive…