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Equality Rights Malawi

NEWS RELEASE: CHREAA AND SALC SUBMIT SHADOW REPORT ON MALAWI TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Concerned about the situation of children in the country, Malawi’s Center for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) has joined forces with the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) to…

Staff Writer3 March 2016

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Reaching zero discrimination in healthcare

NY Blade 1 March is Zero Discrimination Day, a day to celebrate diversity and strengthen our resolve for inclusive societies free from discrimination and inequality. The impact of stigma…

Staff Writer1 March 2016

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Four former apartheid-era guards on trial over 1983 student murder

The Guardian Nokuthula Simelane, a student and ANC courier, vanished after being abducted and tortured by police during apartheid regime. Four former members of apartheid-era security forces are due to…

Staff Writer26 February 2016

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Justice for Nokuthula, please

IOL By Angela Mudukuti The first prosecution of apartheid-era perpetrators in nine years could see the suspected killers of a student in court, writes Angela Mudukuti. Last week was a…

Staff Writer19 February 2016

Civic Rights Judicial Independence Civic Rights Resources Lesotho

Lawyer for detained Lesotho soldiers arrested

14 February 2016 ENCA JOHANNESBURG – Prominent Lesotho lawyer Khotso Nthontho, one of five legal men on an alleged “hit list” circulated late last year, was arrested on charges of…

Staff Writer15 February 2016

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Eswatini

Court Diary: Swaziland Constitutional Challenges, Day 4

Caroline James On Tuesday, 9 February 2016 the High Court in Swaziland concluded the hearing on the constitutionality of the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act and the Suppression of Terrorism…

Staff Writer10 February 2016

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Eswatini

Court Diary: Swaziland Constitutional Challenges, Day 3

Caroline James On Monday, 8 February 2016, the Swazi High Court continued hearing applications challenging the constitutionality of the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act and the Suppression of Terrorism Act.…

Staff Writer8 February 2016

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Zimbabwe: Challenging the Constitutionality of the Criminal Defamation Offence

In 2014, the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ruled that the offence of Criminal Defamation was unconstitutional under the former constitution. However, the Court stated that “t might also be argued…

Staff Writer3 February 2016

Civic Rights Lesotho

[PRESS BRIEFING] LESOTHO RULE OF LAW CRISIS

On Monday 1 February 2016, two important events are scheduled in Lesotho that stand to have important effects on the country’s prospects for peace and stability and to indicate the…

Staff Writer29 January 2016

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Endangering lawyers and the rule of law in Lesotho and Swaziland

Annabel Raw & Caroline James Friday 22 January is the international Day of the Endangered Lawyer. It is a day in which we draw focus on those in the legal profession…

Staff Writer22 January 2016

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