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Joint Statement: Zambia: Authorities escalate attacks on dissent by denying youth leaders right to protest

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 intolerance for the rights to freedom of expression and freedom…

Staff Writer24 Jun 2020

News Women’s Land and Property Rights Zambia

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 family (the Petitioners). For the past seven years, the community…

Staff Writer4 May 2020

Judgments Women’s Land and Property Rights Zambia

Zambia: Challenging the displacement of communities from customary land in the Serenje District

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 Limited) in the Serenje District of the Central Province of…

Staff Writer4 May 2020

Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association News Rule of Law Zambia

Joint Statement Calling for the Ban on Zambian Lawyer, John Sangwa, to be Lifted Immediately

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 Africa Litigation Centre said today. The banning of John Sangwa…

Amanda Shivamba23 Mar 2020

Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association News Zambia

Update on the Arrest of Zambian HRDs Fumba Chama aka Pilato, Laura Miti and Bornwell Mwewa

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 from the Alliance for Community Action (ACA) , who were…

Amanda Shivamba17 Mar 2020

News Rule of Law Zambia

Media Release: SALC and Amnesty International condemn the ongoing harassment and persecution of Zambian HRDs Fumba Chama aka Pilato, Laura Miti and Bornwell Mwewa

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 to raise awareness about governance, corruption and civic responsibility. Upon…

Amanda Shivamba20 Jan 2020

Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association News Zambia

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 of State resources. Their arrest and continued detention is a…

Anneke Meerkotter23 Dec 2019

Criminal Justice Health Rights News Zambia

NEWS: ZAMBIA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PRISONERS’ RIGHTS TO FOOD AND IMPROVED PRISON CONDITIONS

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 diet and improved prison conditions. Mambilima CJ, Malila and Kajimanga…

Anneke Meerkotter16 Dec 2019

Criminal Justice Health Rights Judgments Zambia

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 it impossible for them to take their HIV treatment, in…

Staff Writer16 Dec 2019

Disability Rights Health Rights Uncategorized Zambia

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, on how to prevent it, to reduce stigma and to…

Annabel Raw10 Oct 2019

Joint Statement: Zambia: Authorities escalate attacks on dissent by denying youth leaders right to protest

NEWS RELEASE: ZAMBIA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DISPLACED COMMUNITIES’ LAND RIGHTS

Zambia: Challenging the displacement of communities from customary land in the Serenje District

Joint Statement Calling for the Ban on Zambian Lawyer, John Sangwa, to be Lifted Immediately

Update on the Arrest of Zambian HRDs Fumba Chama aka Pilato, Laura Miti and Bornwell Mwewa

Media Release: SALC and Amnesty International condemn the ongoing harassment and persecution of Zambian HRDs Fumba Chama aka Pilato, Laura Miti and Bornwell Mwewa

CONCERN AS ZAMBIA POLICE DETAINS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

NEWS: ZAMBIA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PRISONERS’ RIGHTS TO FOOD AND IMPROVED PRISON CONDITIONS

Zambia: Health Rights of HIV-Positive Prisoners

World Mental Health Day 2019: A Focus on Zambia’s Mental Health Act

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