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Courts urged to protect vulnerable groups

Blantyre, March 25: The Judiciary has been urged to interpret and fashion the law to ensure fulfillment of principle of equality on the various vulnerable groups in the country. Chief Justice…

Staff Writer25 March 2015

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Fighting TB with prisoners’ rights

Thought Leader By Annabel Raw Today is World Tuberculosis Day, commemorating the discovery of the cause of the disease in 1882. Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease with traces in…

Staff Writer24 March 2015

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Court set up intimidatory-judiciary

Malawi Nation 22 March 2015 The court set up and the way proceedings are conducted is intimidatory to people, including witnesses, Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has said. The Chief Justice…

Staff Writer24 March 2015

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Women consent to sex

Malawi Nation 22 March 2015 A Supreme Court judge has said courts should not regard silence of a girl or woman as consent to sexual intercourse. The judge, Lovemore Chikopa,…

Staff Writer24 March 2015

Civic Rights Criminal Justice Eswatini

STATEMENT: THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE CONDEMNS THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AGAINST SWAZI LAWYER, THULANI MASEKO

Johannesburg: The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) expresses its deepest concern at reports from Swaziland that Thulani Maseko, a prominent human rights lawyer convicted of contempt of court and serving a…

Staff Writer23 March 2015

Angola Criminal Justice

OPEN LETTER FROM HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREE PRESS GROUPS CALLING FOR CHARGES AGAINST RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS TO BE DROPPED

Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais wrote a book, and for that, he could go to jail. His book, published in Portugal in 2011, alleges serious human rights violations committed by…

Staff Writer23 March 2015

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What’s the heavy-handed crackdown on free speech in Swaziland?

Thought Leader, Mail & Guardian 18 March 2015 By Caroline James Remembering Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu — one year on… Can you remember what you were doing 365 days…

Staff Writer18 March 2015

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JOINT STATEMENT-ANGOLA: DETAINED ACTIVISTS MUST BE IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY FREED

The Angolan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two human rights defenders who were detained solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the country’s…

Staff Writer18 March 2015

Equality Rights Resources Equality Rights Women Lesotho

Discussion on discrimination against women in traditional leadership in the African agenda

11 February 2015 On Wednesday, 11 February 2015, Muluka Miti-Drummond (SALC Regional Advocacy Director) and Senate Masupha from Lesotho were interviewed at Talk at Nine by Aubrey Masango following a joint…

Staff Writer26 February 2015

Equality Rights Women Malawi

REGIONAL RIGHTS BODY REPORTS MALAWI TO THE UN

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has reported Malawi to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, raising concerns over the criminalisation of…

Staff Writer15 February 2015

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Courts urged to protect vulnerable groups

Fighting TB with prisoners’ rights

Court set up intimidatory-judiciary

Women consent to sex

STATEMENT: THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE CONDEMNS THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AGAINST SWAZI LAWYER, THULANI MASEKO

OPEN LETTER FROM HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREE PRESS GROUPS CALLING FOR CHARGES AGAINST RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS TO BE DROPPED

What’s the heavy-handed crackdown on free speech in Swaziland?

JOINT STATEMENT-ANGOLA: DETAINED ACTIVISTS MUST BE IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY FREED

Discussion on discrimination against women in traditional leadership in the African agenda

REGIONAL RIGHTS BODY REPORTS MALAWI TO THE UN