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Botswana ordered to provide ARV’s to foreign inmates

SABC News 22 August 2014 Botswana has been ordered to provide ARV’s to foreign inmates. This was the judgment of the Botswana High Court. Two HIV-positive foreign nationals took the…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

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Botswana loses ARV case against foreign inmates

Global Post 22 August 2014 GABORONE, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Botswana government has been ordered to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to HIV-positive foreign prisoners at state expense. Botswana High Court…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

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High Court instructs Botswana to provide free ARVs to foreign prisoners

The Business Day 22 August 2014 BOTSWANA’s government was instructed by the High Court in Gaborone on Friday to provide and pay for antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV-positive foreign prisoners.…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

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Human rights in the time of Ebola

The outbreak of Ebola in west Africa has caused global hysteria and fear. Human rights should be our focus instead. In recent weeks, two Ebola-infected American missionaries, were selected to…

Staff Writer19 August 2014

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Botswana in legal battle with foreign inmates

Al Jazeera Southern African nation dragged to court by foreign prisoners who say they have been deliberately denied AIDS treatment. Gaborone, Botswana – Dickson Tapela and Mbuso Piye are two of nearly…

Staff Writer11 August 2014

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Reflections on the case of two men accused of sodomy in Zambia

In May 2013 two young men were arrested in Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia. They were charged under section 155 of the Penal Code with the offence of having carnal knowledge of…

Staff Writer4 July 2014

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Zimbabweans jailed in Botswana fight government over ARVs refusal

New Zimbabwe TWO HIV positive Zimbabweans jailed in Botswana have lodged a legal challenge against the Gaborone government which introduced a policy to deny foreign inmates life-saving Anti-Retroviral Drugs. The…

Staff Writer30 June 2014

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HIV+ ZIM prisoners take Botswana to court

The Independent 20 June 2014 GABORONE High Court judge Justice Bengbame Sechele last week reserved judgement in a case in which two HIV-infected Zimbabwean prisoners took the government of Botswana…

Staff Writer23 June 2014

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High Court to decide on HIV treatment

The Citizen Botswana’s decision to deny foreign prisoners anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) is irrational and puts their health at severe risk, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre said yesterday. Centre deputy director…

Staff Writer13 June 2014

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Botswana: Lawyer Says HIV+ foreign inmates have themselves to blame

THe Mid Week Sun 12 June 2014 Principal state counsel David Moloise has argued that it is in the public interest that government refuses to provide foreign prisoners with anti-retroviral…

Staff Writer13 June 2014

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Botswana ordered to provide ARV’s to foreign inmates

Botswana loses ARV case against foreign inmates

High Court instructs Botswana to provide free ARVs to foreign prisoners

Human rights in the time of Ebola

Botswana in legal battle with foreign inmates

Reflections on the case of two men accused of sodomy in Zambia

Zimbabweans jailed in Botswana fight government over ARVs refusal

HIV+ ZIM prisoners take Botswana to court

High Court to decide on HIV treatment

Botswana: Lawyer Says HIV+ foreign inmates have themselves to blame

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