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THE NEED TO REFORM POLICE PRACTICE TO PROTECT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS – LESSONS FROM THE CASE OF FLOYD V CITY OF NEW YORK

The behaviour of New York police officers recently came in focus in an opinion issued by a District Court judge in the case of Floyd and others v the City of New York .…

Staff Writer22 August 2013

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Living on the earnings of sex work in Malawi – a typical tale of misinterpreting the law to conveniently criminalise sex workers

To be clear, no provision in the Malawi Penal Code criminalises the selling of sexual services by a sex worker. Yet, some police officers in Malawi appear to be operating under the…

Staff Writer7 August 2013

a preliminary study of the law and practice relating to arrests for nuisance related offences in blantyre malawi

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SALC Research Report: No justice for the poor: A preliminary study of enforcement of nuisance-related offences in Blantyre, Malawi

Globally, there has been an increase in the implementation of laws which limit the behaviour, actions and movements of persons in public spaces. This greatly impedes the lives and livelihoods…

Staff Writer24 July 2013

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Holding police accountable for their systematic abuse of sex workers

Victor Mhango at a workshop in Blantyre on 13 June 2013 It is common knowledge that the criminalisation of activities related to sex work places sex workers at risk of…

Staff Writer21 June 2013

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Beatrice Mtetwa versus the Zimbabwean police

You know this has to be done, somebody has to do it, and why shouldn’t it be you?” That is Zimbabwe’s most prominent human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa’s matter-of-fact explanation…

Staff Writer19 March 2013

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Zambia High Court hears case on rights of HIV-positive prisoners: Update from the Courtroom

On Monday, the Zambia High Court heard arguments in Mwanza and Another v Attorney General, a case challenging the poor prison conditions and the lack of adequate food provided to…

Staff Writer5 December 2012

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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 Writer4 December 2012

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 Writer4 December 2012

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 Writer3 December 2012

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MEDIA ADVISORY: ZAMBIA HIGH COURT TO HEAR CASE ON RIGHTS OF HIV+ PRISONERS

Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC) ZAMBIA HIGH COURT TO DECIDE WHETHER HIV-POSITIVE PRISONERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD Lusaka – Just two…

Staff Writer30 November 2012