SALC will be in the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the South Gauteng High Court, the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court and the Lesotho High Court this week for cases that deal…
Caroline James15 May 2013
This morning Paul Kasonkomona appeared before the Honourable Lemeck Ngambi at Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. In April 2013, Kasonkomona was charged with the idle and disorderly offence of soliciting in a…
Anneke Meerkotter15 May 2013
The Lusaka Times The arrest of human rights activist Paul Kasonkomona deserves condemnation by all Zambians of good will. If speaking in favor of gay rights is a crime, then…
Staff Writer10 April 2013
The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) have expressed their deep concern at the unlawful arrest and continued detention of Zambian HIV…
Staff Writer10 April 2013
Polity 10 April 2013 By Anneke Meerkotter On Sunday 7 April 2013, Zambian police officers arrested Paul Kasonkomona at the gate of Muvi TV, a private television broadcaster in Zambia.…
Anneke Meerkotter10 April 2013
ZAMBIAN POLICE MUST IMMEDIATELY RELEASE UNLAWFULLY DETAINED HIV AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, SAY SALC AND OSISA Johannesburg, 10 April 2013 – The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) and the Open Society…
Staff Writer10 April 2013
International Human Rights Day Over the past two decades, parliaments in Africa have increasingly entrenched human rights in their national constitutions. These constitutions require that governments protect and promote human…
Staff Writer10 December 2012
The Times Live Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening day of a landmark…
Staff Writer4 December 2012
News24 4 December 2012 Lusaka – Zambia’s High Court on Monday heard that HIV-positive prisoners were being denied access to life-prolonging drugs and a balanced diet, on the opening…
Staff Writer4 December 2012
Zambian Watchdog Just two days after World AIDS Day, the Zambia High Court will hear and determine whether pathetic, inhuman prison conditions and lack of food in Zambia prisons…
Staff Writer3 December 2012