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LGBTIQ+ activists tell court customary law irrelevant ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEswatini

LGBTIQ+ activists tell court customary law irrelevant

Mbabane, Eswatini, 27 August 25: The Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM) has approached the High Court on the case Simelane (N.O.) & Others v Minister of Commerce & Others,…
Staff Writer
27 August 2025
Government of Eswatini dodges Court: US-Eswatini deportations case adjourned ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesEswatini

Government of Eswatini dodges Court: US-Eswatini deportations case adjourned

Mbabane, Eswatini, 22 August 2025: In the ongoing High Court case filed on 14 August 2025 by the Eswatini Litigation Centre, Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly, and Southern Africa Litigation Centre…
Staff Writer
22 August 2025
Eswatini: Challenging the US-Eswatini deportation agreement Civic RightsCivic Rights Democratic Governanace Ongoing CasesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Ongoing CasesEswatiniInternational JusticeInternational Justice Ongoing Cases

Eswatini: Challenging the US-Eswatini deportation agreement

In the Eswatini Litigation Centre and Others v Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini and Others case, the applicants seek to declare an agreement between Eswatini and the United…
Staff Writer
15 August 2025
“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes Civic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes

Mbabane, Eswatini: 14 August 2025: The Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), alongside Mzwandile Banele Masuku, the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA), and Melusi Simelane of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC),…
Staff Writer
14 August 2025
eSwatini’s 20 years of constitutionalism characterised by a crackdown on freedom of expression ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesEswatini

eSwatini’s 20 years of constitutionalism characterised by a crackdown on freedom of expression

Mail & Guadian  8 May 2025 Melusi Simelane Although the African Union has declared 2025 the year of reparations, justice for Africans and people of African descent through reparations, many…
Staff Writer
8 May 2025
Reform the African criminal justice system, starting with prisons oversight ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformEswatiniMalawi

Reform the African criminal justice system, starting with prisons oversight

Mail & Guardian 14 April 2025 By Melusi Simelane & Chikondi Chikozi In a world increasingly defined by impunity and political repression, the erosion of the rights once championed by…
Chikondi Chijozi
14 April 2025
Defend the press: Protect free expression and democratic values ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatiniNamibiaSADCTanzaniaZimbabwe

Defend the press: Protect free expression and democratic values

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is alarmed and outraged by the escalating assault on freedom of expression, assembly, and access to information across Southern Africa. The arrest of Zimbabwean journalist…
Melusi Simelane
1 April 2025

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