Linking Climate, Gender and HIV Justice: A Preliminary Report on Access to HIV T...
This is a preliminary report on barriers to access to HIV treatment and care experienced by communities living in and around the Lake Chilwa area in Malawi. A fact-finding mission was undertaken in August 2018 by the Coalition of Woman…
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SALC in the news: South Africa ruling opens way for apartheid-era prosecutions...
The Washington Post JOHANNESBURG — A former South African police officer will face trial over the 1971 killing of an anti-apartheid activist after a court ruling that could lead to the prosecution of similar crimes . The high court in…
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Statement: SALC condemns the arrest and ongoing detention of four human rights d...
SALC condemns the arrests of Tatenda Mombeyara, Gamuchirai Mukura, George Makoni and Nyasha Mpahlo by Zimbabwean authorities on Monday, 20 May 2019. The four NGO leaders were abducted by the police from Robert Mugabe International Airport upon their return to…
Read More News Release: SALC concerned about judicial persecution of human rights lawyers ...
SALC is concerned about the criminal charges laid against human rights lawyer Doug Coltart who was summoned to the Harare Central Police Station on the 28th April 2019 and was charged with ‘participating in gathering with intent to promote public…
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Malawi: The Internet Should Stay On to Help Ensure a Free and Fair Election in M...
Over the weekend, Director General of the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA), Godfrey Itaye, called a meeting in Blantyre to take place at 17h30 on Saturday, 18 May 2019. The meeting’s pressing action item: discussing the government’s attempt to shutdown…
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The Internet Shutdowns Cast Doubt on Election Integrity: Malawi and Mozambique S...
By: Tyler Walton (SALC Fellow) On Sunday 28 April, starting at around midnight, people in Benin were unable to access social media sites and apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Telegram, and Viber. The partial shutdown was followed by a…
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