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News Release: Botswana Government Must Provide HIV Treatment to Foreign Prisoners, Says High Court

Gaborone–Today, the Botswana High Court ordered the government to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to HIV-positive, foreign prisoners at state expense. The court held that the denial of ARV treatment to…

Staff Writer22 August 2014

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SA must put pressure on Swaziland to Open Society

The Business Day I THINK SA should recall its ambassador to Swaziland and threaten to close our borders with the country. I am not joking. We need to put more…

Staff Writer21 August 2014

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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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African activists wary over support from US

The Business Day 12 August 2014 By Nicole Fritz YOU would think those who do human rights-related work might get to console themselves with the idea that their cause is…

Staff Writer13 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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Swazi judgment deals a heavy blow to freedom of expression

By Caroline James On July 17 Judge Mpendulo Simelane found human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and magazine editor Bheki Makhubu guilty of contempt of court for writing articles in Makhubu’s…

Staff Writer1 August 2014

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Joint Statement: Civil Society Organizations Condemn Unreasonable Sentence of Prominent Swaziland Activists

The undersigned organisations, meeting at the Public Interest Law Gathering in Johannesburg, condemn the conviction and unreasonable sentence handed down by Judge Mpendulo Simelane in the Mbabane High Court in…

Staff Writer25 July 2014

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Why BRICS must support the arms trade treaty

By Nicole fritz The recent BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil concluded with the announcement of a development bank and reserve fund, intended to enable emerging and developing nations to mobilise…

Staff Writer21 July 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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