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Joint Statement: Zambia: Authorities escalate attacks on dissent by denying youth leaders right to protest Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionZambia

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…
Staff Writer
24 June 2020
Media Release: SALC and Amnesty International condemn the ongoing harassment and persecution of Zambian HRDs Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCriminal JusticeZambia

Media Release: SALC and Amnesty International condemn the ongoing harassment and persecution of Zambian HRDs

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…
Staff Writer
20 January 2020