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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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Human rights are important in health crises

The Business Day By Annabel Raw THE outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has caused global hysteria and fear. Human rights should be our focus instead. In recent weeks, two…

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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Open Letter to the U.S. and Heads of African State and Governments

Dear Excellencies, Next week President Obama will host the U.S. – Africa Leaders’ Summit (henceforth the Summit) in Washington, D.C. Although this summit mainly focuses on trade and investment in…

Staff Writer1 August 2014

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Zimbabwean Registrar General makes absurd call for a government ban on contraceptives

This week, Zimbabwe’s Registrar General, Mr Mudede, was quoted in national papers urging the Government of Zimbabwe to ban contraceptives. This is the second time in the past two months that he…

Staff Writer18 July 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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Zambia: Two men accused of “carnal knowledge against the order of nature”

SALC supported the defence of two Zambian men who were charged under section 155 of the Zambian Penal Code. In terms of section 155 of the Penal Code, any person who (a)…

Staff Writer3 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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