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Quiet death of an important SADC Institution Civic Rights Judicial IndependenceCivic Rights ResourcesSADC

Quiet death of an important SADC Institution

The Mail & Guardian President Jacob Zuma is party to a regional pact that makes the application of law discriminatory. In the pomp and ceremony surrounding the 34th Southern African…

Staff Writer29 August 2014

SWAZILAND BRIEFING PAPER – INFRINGEMENTS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionEswatiniResources

SWAZILAND BRIEFING PAPER – INFRINGEMENTS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

SALC has prepared a briefing paper which summarises the incidents of infringements of freedom of expression that have taken place in Swaziland this year. It highlights the serious risks activists…

Staff Writer28 August 2014

The need for a balanced debate on Swaziland and Agoa AngolaCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ResourcesEswatini

The need for a balanced debate on Swaziland and Agoa

In Swaziland yesterday, Vincent Ncongwane, the secretary general of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), was due to speak at a prayer meeting held at Matsapha Industrial Centre. Matsapha…

Caroline James27 August 2014

Continuing clamp down on free speech in Swaziland Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Continuing clamp down on free speech in Swaziland

Johannesburg: The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) expresses its deepest concern at reports from Swaziland that Vincent Ncongwane, the secretary general of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), was prevented…

Staff Writer27 August 2014

African states – Reject immunity for leaders – 141 groups in 40 countries speak out Civic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights ResourcesSADC

African states – Reject immunity for leaders – 141 groups in 40 countries speak out

All Africa 24 August 2023 Johannesburg — African countries should reject immunity for sitting leaders for grave crimes before the African Court for Justice and Human Rights, 141 organizations said…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

Botswana ordered to provide ARV’s to foreign inmates BotswanaEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

Botswana ordered to provide ARV’s to foreign inmates

SABC News 22 August 2014 Botswana has been ordered to provide ARV’s to foreign inmates. This was the judgment of the Botswana High Court. Two HIV-positive foreign nationals took the…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

Botswana loses ARV case against foreign inmates BotswanaEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

Botswana loses ARV case against foreign inmates

Global Post 22 August 2014 GABORONE, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Botswana government has been ordered to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to HIV-positive foreign prisoners at state expense. Botswana High Court…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

High Court instructs Botswana to provide free ARVs to foreign prisoners BotswanaEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

High Court instructs Botswana to provide free ARVs to foreign prisoners

The Business Day 22 August 2014 BOTSWANA’s government was instructed by the High Court in Gaborone on Friday to provide and pay for antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV-positive foreign prisoners.…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

News Release: Botswana Government Must Provide HIV Treatment to Foreign Prisoners, Says High Court BotswanaCriminal JusticeEquality Rights Health

News Release: Botswana Government Must Provide HIV Treatment to Foreign Prisoners, Says High Court

Gaborone–Today, the Botswana High Court ordered the government to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to HIV-positive, foreign prisoners at state expense. The court held that the denial of ARV treatment to…

Staff Writer22 August 2014

Media Advisory: High Court to Decide Whether Foreign Prisoners Get HIV Treatment Criminal Justice Prison ReformEquality Rights Health

Media Advisory: High Court to Decide Whether Foreign Prisoners Get HIV Treatment

Gaborone–On Friday 22 August 2014, the Botswana High Court will deliver judgment in a case challenging the government’s refusal to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to foreign prisoners. Two foreign, HIV-positive…

Staff Writer21 August 2014

SA must put pressure on Swaziland to Open Society Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights ResourcesEswatini

SA must put pressure on Swaziland to Open Society

The Business Day I THINK SA should recall its ambassador to Swaziland and threaten to close our borders with the country. I am not joking. We need to put more…

Staff Writer21 August 2014

Human rights in the time of Ebola Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesSADC

Human rights in the time of Ebola

The outbreak of Ebola in west Africa has caused global hysteria and fear. Human rights should be our focus instead. In recent weeks, two Ebola-infected American missionaries, were selected to…

Staff Writer19 August 2014

Human rights are important in health crises ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsSADC

Human rights are important in health crises

The Business Day By Annabel Raw THE outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has caused global hysteria and fear. Human rights should be our focus instead. In recent weeks, two…

Staff Writer19 August 2014

African activists wary over support from US ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSADCSouth Africa

African activists wary over support from US

The Business Day 12 August 2014 By Nicole Fritz YOU would think those who do human rights-related work might get to console themselves with the idea that their cause is…

Staff Writer13 August 2014

Botswana in legal battle with foreign inmates BotswanaEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

Botswana in legal battle with foreign inmates

Al Jazeera Southern African nation dragged to court by foreign prisoners who say they have been deliberately denied AIDS treatment. Gaborone, Botswana – Dickson Tapela and Mbuso Piye are two of nearly…

Staff Writer11 August 2014

Swazi judgment deals a heavy blow to freedom of expression ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Swazi judgment deals a heavy blow to freedom of expression

By Caroline James On July 17 Judge Mpendulo Simelane found human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and magazine editor Bheki Makhubu guilty of contempt of court for writing articles in Makhubu’s…

Staff Writer1 August 2014

Joint Statement: Civil Society Organizations Condemn Unreasonable Sentence of Prominent Swaziland Activists Civic RightsCriminal JusticeEswatini

Joint Statement: Civil Society Organizations Condemn Unreasonable Sentence of Prominent Swaziland Activists

The undersigned organisations, meeting at the Public Interest Law Gathering in Johannesburg, condemn the conviction and unreasonable sentence handed down by Judge Mpendulo Simelane in the Mbabane High Court in…

Staff Writer25 July 2014

Why BRICS must support the arms trade treaty ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice Arms TradeInternational Justice Arms Trade ArticlesInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsSouth Africa

Why BRICS must support the arms trade treaty

By Nicole fritz The recent BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil concluded with the announcement of a development bank and reserve fund, intended to enable emerging and developing nations to mobilise…

Staff Writer21 July 2014

Zimbabwean Registrar General makes absurd call for a government ban on contraceptives ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZimbabwe

Zimbabwean Registrar General makes absurd call for a government ban on contraceptives

This week, Zimbabwe’s Registrar General, Mr Mudede, was quoted in national papers urging the Government of Zimbabwe to ban contraceptives. This is the second time in the past two months that he…

Staff Writer18 July 2014

The personal cost of Swaziland’s political crisis ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

The personal cost of Swaziland’s political crisis

By Caroline James Last week, during a visit to Swaziland, I met with a Swazi lawyer to discuss various cases in which he is defending human rights activists. The meeting…

Staff Writer17 July 2014