Zambia
A new dawn for the protection of the rights of vulnerable communities with unreg...
Commonwealth Lawyers Association 26 June 2020 Brigadier Siachitema In a recent decision of the High Court for Zambia, a community of displaced Zambian villagers succeeded in a land dispute against commercial farmers, the local authority, and the Zambian government. The…
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Joint Statement: Zambia: Authorities escalate attacks on dissent by denying yout...
Zambian authorities have escalated their attacks on dissent by thwarting a planned anti-corruption protest leading to organisers streaming their protest from the outskirts of Lusaka. According to a coalition of civil society organizations, Zambian authorities are escalating their attacks and…
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NEWS RELEASE: ZAMBIA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DISPLACED COMMUNITIES’ LAND RIGHTS...
Lusaka, 4 May 2020 – On 30 April 2020, the High Court of Zambia handed down a significant judgment on the land and property rights of rural communities. The case was brought by 13 community members, each representing her or his…
Read More Zambia: Challenging the displacement of communities from customary land in the S...
The Muchinda Royal Establishment, the Zambia Land Alliance and SALC supported a displaced community who is currently residing in Musangashi Forest Reserve after they were violently displaced from their ancestral land in Mulembo, near Mulembo River (now called Billis Farm…
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Joint Statement Calling for the Ban on Zambian Lawyer, John Sangwa, to be Lifted...
Statement Issued By: Amnesty International, SADC Lawyers’ Association and Southern Africa Litigation Centre The Zambian authorities must immediately and unconditionally reinstate lawyer John Sangwa and allow him to practise in his profession, Amnesty International, SADC Lawyers’ Association and the Southern…
Read More Update on the Arrest of Zambian HRDs Fumba Chama aka Pilato, Laura Miti and Born...
On the 20 January 2020, SALC and Amnesty International, released a statement condemning the arrest of, Fumba Chama, popularly known as Pilato, a Zambian human rights defender and musician, as well as Laura Miti and Bornwell Mwewa, Human Rights Defenders…
Read More Media Release: SALC and Amnesty International condemn the ongoing harassment and...
On Saturday, 21 December 2019, Fumba Chama, popularly known Pilato, a Zambian human rights defender and musician, was arrested for unlawful assembly in violation of the Public Order Act apparently due to his hosting of a youth forum which aimed…
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CONCERN AS ZAMBIA POLICE DETAINS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS...
23 December 2019, Livingstone – Three prominent human rights defenders are spending their 3rd day in police custody with no release in sight. The three activists have been at the forefront of calls for transparency and accountability in the spending…
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NEWS: ZAMBIA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PRISONERS’ RIGHTS TO FOOD AND IMPROVED PRIS...
Lusaka, 16 December 2019 – The Supreme Court of Zambia on 9 December 2019 handed down an important judgment on prisoners’ rights. The case was brought by two prisoners with HIV on antiretroviral treatment, who sought access to a balanced…
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Zambia: Health Rights of HIV-Positive Prisoners...
SALC is working with the Legal Resources Foundation in Zambia to secure the rights of HIV-positive prisoners to treatment, adequate food and improvements to prison conditions. The applicant inmates alleged that they only get two meals a day which makes…
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World Mental Health Day 2019: A Focus on Zambia’s Mental Health Act...
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year. This year, the theme addresses the important and difficult issue of suicide prevention. Across the world, people are uniting to share information on the public health problem of suicide,…
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SALC IN THE NEWS: Constitutional Amendments to Remove Parliamentary Oversight ov...
On the 2nd August 2019, Bloomberg Reported: The government also on Friday presented a bill to parliament that proposes a change to the constitution to remove a clause that gives parliament oversight over government borrowing. While there may still be…
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