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Due process in exile: The constitutional crisis behind third-country removals Civic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal Justice ArticlesEswatini

Due process in exile: The constitutional crisis behind third-country removals

Eswatini Observer Polity Botswana Guardian  Mail & Guardian On 25 February 2026, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a sweeping and uncompromising judgment condemning the…
Anneke Meerkotter
2 March 2026
Hate speech is an assault on democracy ArticlesBotswanaCivic Rights Expression ArticlesEquality Rights ArticlesSocio-Economic Rights Articles

Hate speech is an assault on democracy

Botswana Guardian (13 February 2026) *By Anna Mmolai-Chalmers  Botswana self-identifies as a democratic country, and, according to the Democracy Index, the indicators of democracy include, but are not limited to, political participation, civil liberties, good governance, and…
Anna Chalmers-Mmolai
12 February 2026
Missed opportunity for constitutional accountability in Eswatini Civic Rights Democratic Governanace Ongoing CasesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatiniRule of Law

Missed opportunity for constitutional accountability in Eswatini

Mbabane, 4 February 2026 — The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) notes with serious concern today’s High Court decision dismissing the legal challenge to the Government of Eswatini’s deportation arrangement…
Staff Writer
4 February 2026
Landmark human rights and environmental case trial on 10 December 2025 ArticlesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSocio-Economic Rights Climate Justice ArticlesSocio-economic Rights ExtractivesSocio-Economic Rights Extractives ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZambia

Landmark human rights and environmental case trial on 10 December 2025

Case proceeds after High Court dismisses mining company’s bid to throw out the case Lusaka/Johannesburg – The High Court of Zambia has dismissed the application by Sino Metals Leach Zambia…
Staff Writer
8 December 2025
Exploring human rights, digital minefields and intersectionality in cyber politics ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCountriesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights DisabilityEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenSADC

Exploring human rights, digital minefields and intersectionality in cyber politics

26 November 2025 By Bradley Fortuin The Midweek Sun In an era when digital infrastructures have a strong hold on everything from civic participation to surveillance, human rights interventions must…
Bradley Fortuin
26 November 2025
African CSOs call for transitional justice and fresh elections in Tanzania ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsTanzania

African CSOs call for transitional justice and fresh elections in Tanzania

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre joins the voices of African civil society in a growing call for Non-recognition of the government of Tanzania, amid democratically flawed elections. The civil society further…
Staff Writer
6 November 2025
Amnesty International and SALC intervene on landmark multinational mining case at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal Socio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Climate JusticeSocio-Economic Rights Climate Justice ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSouth AfricaZambia

Amnesty International and SALC intervene on landmark multinational mining case at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal

Bloemfontein – As the Supreme Court of Appeal starts hearing the appeal in Various Parties obo Minors and Another v Anglo American South Africa today, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre…
Staff Writer
3 November 2025
SALC warns of growing autocracy in SADC amid repression in Tanzania ahead of elections Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsTanzania

SALC warns of growing autocracy in SADC amid repression in Tanzania ahead of elections

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has today written to His Excellency Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika, Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, raising urgent concerns…
Staff Writer
27 October 2025
Court orders the release of refugees’ confiscated property Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Police AbuseMalawi

Court orders the release of refugees’ confiscated property

On 13 October 2025, the Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court ordered the release of containers that the Malawi Police Service had confiscated while moving refugees and asylum seekers to Dzaleka Camp. Subsequently, the police sold some of the farm produce contained in the containers to…
Staff Writer
17 October 2025
Abduction of Tanzania government critic signals deepening repression ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsTanzania

Abduction of Tanzania government critic signals deepening repression

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is seriously concerned about reports that Humphrey Polepole, the former Tanzanian Ambassador to Cuba and an outspoken critic of the government, has been forcibly…
Staff Writer
10 October 2025
Government of Eswatini continues to undermine the Courts as deportation case faces further delay ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Government of Eswatini continues to undermine the Courts as deportation case faces further delay

Mbabane, Eswatini - The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), and the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly express deep concern over the renewed postponement of the case challenging…
Staff Writer
8 October 2025

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