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Botswana religious groups threaten rule of law and refuse LGBTQ rights ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights News

Botswana religious groups threaten rule of law and refuse LGBTQ rights

Washington Blade 7 August 2023 By: Bradley Fortuin and Matlhogonolo Samsam Country’s Council of Churches applauded 2019 decriminalization ruling. Botswana is considered a secular state and all people have equal…
Bradley Fortuin
14 August 2023
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Human Rights organisations call on South African authorities to denounce attacks against South Africa’s Constitution, human rights and equality Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsRule of LawSouth Africa

Human Rights organisations call on South African authorities to denounce attacks against South Africa’s Constitution, human rights and equality

9 August 2023 In view of the participation of members of South Africa’s executive and judiciary in the annual African Bar Association conference, which this year is being co-sponsored by…
Staff Writer
9 August 2023
Legal gender recognition: An unexplained delay by the Botswana government High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights News

Legal gender recognition: An unexplained delay by the Botswana government High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue

Washington Blade 16 June 2023 By: Bradley Fortuin High Court in 2017 ruled on the issue Legal gender recognition has pleased the courts. The High Court of Botswana in 2017 handed…
Bradley Fortuin
19 June 2023
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Supreme Court of Eswatini unanimously finds Registrar’s decision on LGBTIQ+ organisation unconstitutional   Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsEswatini

Supreme Court of Eswatini unanimously finds Registrar’s decision on LGBTIQ+ organisation unconstitutional  

Mbabane, Eswatini: 16 June 2023 – Today, a five-panel bench of the Supreme Court of Eswatini passed a judgement setting aside the decision by the High Court that dismissed the…
Staff Writer
16 June 2023
Regulate clemency to protect sexual abuse survivors ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenZimbabwe

Regulate clemency to protect sexual abuse survivors

IOL 1 June 2023 By Tambudzai Gonese-Manjonjo The recent presidential clemency/amnesty that saw scores of serving prisoners being released from Zimbabwe’s prisons has raised many topical issues. Zimbabwe’s prisons are…
Tambudzai Gonese
2 June 2023
Non-alignment or hypocrisy: South Africa’s non-alignment costing Africa’s human rights discourse ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsEswatiniSADCSouth Africa

Non-alignment or hypocrisy: South Africa’s non-alignment costing Africa’s human rights discourse

Washington Blade 31 May 2023 By Melusi Simelane In the past several months, South Africa’s foreign policy has been in the spotlight for essential and existential reasons that significantly impact…
Melusi Simelane
31 May 2023
The Supreme Court of Namibia rules that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia Equality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsNamibia

The Supreme Court of Namibia rules that Namibia’s immigration laws must recognise same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia

Windhoek, Namibia: 16 May 2023 - Today, four out of a five-panel bench in the Supreme Court of Namibia pronounced against the unconstitutional denial of immigration status to non-Namibian spouses…
Staff Writer
16 May 2023