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Tutu: SADC decision on tribunal is a blow against accountable government and individual rights

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has responded to the SADC Summit’s decision  to deny SADC peoples access to the Tribunal, calling the decision “a tragedy. It is a blow against accountable government and individual…
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22 August 2012
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Scenes from the courthouse on judgment day for coerced sterilization case

The Namibian Women’s Health Network organized supporters on day of coerced sterilisation decision. Check out the photos below. no images were found This entry was posted in HIV/AIDS, Women's rights and tagged coerced sterilisation, HIV/AIDS, litigation, Namibia, SALC…
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8 August 2012
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Court says Namibia illegally sterilised women

Aljazeera Court says Namibia illegally sterilised women Judge rules state coerced three HIV-positive women into operation by forcing them to sign forms they did not understand. Namibia’s government sterilised three…
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31 July 2012
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High Court finds Namibia coercively sterilised HIV positive women

HIGH COURT FINDS NAMIBIA COERCIVELY STERILISED HIV POSITIVE WOMEN Johannesburg– In a landmark judgment, the High Court in Windhoek found today that the Namibian government had coercively sterilised three HIV-positive…
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30 July 2012