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Al-Bashir ruling demonstrates the independence of the judiciary

EWN 17 September 2015 The High Court dismissed government’s application for leave to appeal a previous order. PRETORIA – The Southern African Litigation Centre says the latest ruling on Sudanese…

Staff Writer17 September 2015

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New court bid against Rwandan army general’s refugee status in SA

All Africa 15 September 2015 The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is considering a petition to the Appeal Court over a court ruling that a former Rwandan general and alleged…

Staff Writer17 September 2015

Angola Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression

NEWS RELEASE: ANGOLA-CONVICTION OF JOSE MARCOS MAVUNGO A BLATANT VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

The conviction and six-year prison sentence imposed on human rights activist José Marcos Mavungo is a travesty of justice and a blatant violation of the right to freedom of expression,…

Staff Writer15 September 2015

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Eswatini

Court Diary: Swaziland Constitutional Challenges, Day 2

Today’s proceedings were focused on discussion about the constitutionality of the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act. This piece of legislation is one of two (the other being the Suppression of…

Staff Writer9 September 2015

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Eswatini

Court Diary: Swaziland Constitutional Challenges, Day 1

On Tuesday, 7 September 2015, the Swazi High Court began hearing the constitutional challenges brought against the Suppression of Terrorism Act and the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act. This hearing…

Staff Writer7 September 2015

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A new apartheid: South Africa’s struggle with immigration

Huffington Post JOHANNESBURG — On April 15 of this year, Themba Maphosa awoke to news that five immigrants had been killed by South African gangs the previous night in Durban.…

Staff Writer3 September 2015

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression SADC

DISCUSSION ON THREATS TO MEDIA FREEDOM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA – THE USE OF CRIMINAL DEFAMATION AND OTHER MECHANISMS TO SILENCE JOURNALISTS.

Right 2 Know (R2K), the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), and the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI), in collaboration with the Wits Journalism School, present a discussion on: “Threats to…

Staff Writer31 August 2015

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Botswana Prisons: Foreign inmates win case for free HIV treatment

BBC News 26 August 2015 Botswana’s court of appeal has upheld a ruling that foreign prisoners should receive free treatment for HIV/Aids, rights lawyers say. Foreign prisoners were previously expected…

Staff Writer27 August 2015

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BOTSWANA COURT ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE FOREIGN INMATES WITH ARV TREATMENT

Global Post 26 August 2015 GABORONE, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — The marathon case in which foreign inmates with HIV were suing the government of Botswana for refusing to provide them…

Staff Writer27 August 2015

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Botswana: Securing access to HIV treatment for prisoners

SALC worked with the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and AIDS (BONELA) to challenge the Botswana government’s policy of refusing HIV treatment to non-citizen prisoners. Citizen prisoners were entitled to…

Staff Writer26 August 2015

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