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Reflections on the case of two men accused of sodomy in Zambia Equality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesZambia

Reflections on the case of two men accused of sodomy in Zambia

In May 2013 two young men were arrested in Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia. They were charged under section 155 of the Penal Code with the offence of having carnal knowledge of…

Staff Writer4 July 2014

News Release: Two Zambian Men Accused of “Carnal Knowledge Against the Order of Nature” Acquitted After Spending More Than a Year in Jail Criminal JusticeZambia

News Release: Two Zambian Men Accused of “Carnal Knowledge Against the Order of Nature” Acquitted After Spending More Than a Year in Jail

Johannesburg, 3 July 2014 – Today, two men accused of sodomy in May 2013 were finally acquitted by Magistrate John Mbuzi in the Kapiri Mposhi Magistrates Court, Zambia. The Magistrate’s ruling…

Staff Writer3 July 2014

Zambia: Two men accused of “carnal knowledge against the order of nature” Equality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Zambia

Zambia: Two men accused of “carnal knowledge against the order of nature”

SALC supported the defence of two Zambian men who were charged under section 155 of the Zambian Penal Code. In terms of section 155 of the Penal Code, any person who (a)…

Staff Writer3 July 2014

The African Union endorses impunity International JusticeInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureInternational Justice War CrimesSADC

The African Union endorses impunity

The 23rd Ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) was held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea last week. The Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and…

Staff Writer2 July 2014

In Swaziland, as in Egypt, journalism should not be a crime ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

In Swaziland, as in Egypt, journalism should not be a crime

Over the past week the world has been reminded of the fragility of media freedom, and the risks many journalists face when reporting the news. Last Monday a court in…

Staff Writer1 July 2014

IN SWAZILAND, AS IN EGYPT, JOURNALISM SHOULD NOT BE A CRIME Civic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights ExpressionCriminal JusticeEswatini

IN SWAZILAND, AS IN EGYPT, JOURNALISM SHOULD NOT BE A CRIME

Over the past week the world has been reminded of the fragility of media freedom, and the risks many journalists face when reporting the news. Last Monday a court in…

Staff Writer1 July 2014

Zimbabweans jailed in Botswana fight government over ARVs refusal BotswanaCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

Zimbabweans jailed in Botswana fight government over ARVs refusal

New Zimbabwe TWO HIV positive Zimbabweans jailed in Botswana have lodged a legal challenge against the Gaborone government which introduced a policy to deny foreign inmates life-saving Anti-Retroviral Drugs. The…

Staff Writer30 June 2014

HIV+ ZIM prisoners take Botswana to court BotswanaCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

HIV+ ZIM prisoners take Botswana to court

The Independent 20 June 2014 GABORONE High Court judge Justice Bengbame Sechele last week reserved judgement in a case in which two HIV-infected Zimbabwean prisoners took the government of Botswana…

Staff Writer23 June 2014

High Court to decide on HIV treatment BotswanaCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

High Court to decide on HIV treatment

The Citizen Botswana’s decision to deny foreign prisoners anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) is irrational and puts their health at severe risk, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre said yesterday. Centre deputy director…

Staff Writer13 June 2014

Botswana: Lawyer Says HIV+ foreign inmates have themselves to blame BotswanaCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

Botswana: Lawyer Says HIV+ foreign inmates have themselves to blame

THe Mid Week Sun 12 June 2014 Principal state counsel David Moloise has argued that it is in the public interest that government refuses to provide foreign prisoners with anti-retroviral…

Staff Writer13 June 2014

Botswana says foreign prison inmates don’t deserve ARVs BotswanaCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice ResourcesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Resources

Botswana says foreign prison inmates don’t deserve ARVs

Star Africa 11 June 2014 The Botswana government on Wednesday revealed in court that it was refusing to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to foreign inmates because they have themselves to…

Staff Writer12 June 2014

COURT DIARY: BONELA – HIV TREATMENT FOR FOREIGN PRISONERS Criminal Justice

COURT DIARY: BONELA – HIV TREATMENT FOR FOREIGN PRISONERS

10 JUNE 2014 GABORONE, BOTSWANA On 10 June 2014, Judge Bengbame Sechele of the High Court in Gaborone heard an application by two prisoners and the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law…

Staff Writer11 June 2014

Media Advisory: High Court to Decide Whether Foreign Prisoners Get HIV Treatment Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Prison Reform

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

Gaborone–On Tuesday 10 June, the Botswana High Court will hear argument in a case challenging the government’s refusal to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to foreign prisoners. “Prisoners, particularly foreign prisoners,…

Staff Writer9 June 2014

MALAWI@50: POLICE SWEEPING EXERCISES A CAUSE FOR CONCERN Criminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Resources

MALAWI@50: POLICE SWEEPING EXERCISES A CAUSE FOR CONCERN

On 6 July 2014 Malawi celebrated 50 years of independence from British rule. Ironically, in the two weeks leading up to this momentous occasion, the Malawi Police Service used laws…

Staff Writer8 June 2014

SWAZILAND’S RULE OF LAW CRISIS Civic Rights Judicial IndependenceEswatini

SWAZILAND’S RULE OF LAW CRISIS

In Swaziland the case against human rights lawyer, Thulani Maseko, and The Nation magazine editor, Bheki Makhubu, has attracted international attention, drawing comment and condemnation from international agencies such as…

Staff Writer3 June 2014

COURT DIARY: BHEKI MAKHUBU APPEAL HEARING Criminal JusticeResources

COURT DIARY: BHEKI MAKHUBU APPEAL HEARING

23 MAY 2014 MBABANE, SWAZILAND On 23 May 2014, Judges Moore, Ebrahim, and Twum of the Supreme Court of Appeal heard Bheki Makhubu’s appeal to last year’s conviction and sentence…

Caroline James28 May 2014

SA police fight order to probe crimes against humanity in Zim International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice TortureSouth AfricaZimbabwe

SA police fight order to probe crimes against humanity in Zim

SW Radio Africa South Africa’s police service on Monday resumed its fight against court orders to probe crimes against humanity, committed in Zimbabwe. Two previous South African courts have ruled…

Staff Writer21 May 2014

SA Police ‘Powerless’ to probe foreign crimes International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice TortureSouth AfricaZimbabwe

SA Police ‘Powerless’ to probe foreign crimes

The Business Day THE South African Police Service (SAPS) did not have the power to investigate claims of crimes against humanity committed in Zimbabwe if the perpetrators were not in…

Staff Writer21 May 2014

South African court reserves judgment in Zimbabwe torture case International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice TortureSouth AfricaZimbabwe

South African court reserves judgment in Zimbabwe torture case

News Day JOHANNESBURG — The Constitutional Court on Monday heard arguments by the South African Police Service (Saps) asking it to overturn a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling that compelled…

Staff Writer21 May 2014

SA police fight order to probe crimes against humanity in Zim International Justice ResourcesInternational Justice TortureSouth AfricaZimbabwe

SA police fight order to probe crimes against humanity in Zim

SW Radio Africa South Africa’s police service on Monday resumed its fight against court orders to probe crimes against humanity, committed in Zimbabwe. Two previous South African courts have ruled…

Staff Writer21 May 2014