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“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes Civic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes

Mbabane, Eswatini: 14 August 2025: The Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), alongside Mzwandile Banele Masuku, the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA), and Melusi Simelane of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC),…
Staff Writer
14 August 2025
Reform the African criminal justice system, starting with prisons oversight ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformEswatiniMalawi

Reform the African criminal justice system, starting with prisons oversight

Mail & Guardian 14 April 2025 By Melusi Simelane & Chikondi Chikozi In a world increasingly defined by impunity and political repression, the erosion of the rights once championed by…
Chikondi Chijozi
14 April 2025
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Supreme Court of Eswatini unanimously finds Registrar’s decision on LGBTIQ+ organisation unconstitutional   Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsEswatini

Supreme Court of Eswatini unanimously finds Registrar’s decision on LGBTIQ+ organisation unconstitutional  

Mbabane, Eswatini: 16 June 2023 – Today, a five-panel bench of the Supreme Court of Eswatini passed a judgement setting aside the decision by the High Court that dismissed the…
Staff Writer
16 June 2023
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Eswatini Supreme Court to hear case on registration of Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsEswatini

Eswatini Supreme Court to hear case on registration of Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities

21 April 2023, Mbabane – On 26 April 2023, the Eswatini Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case challenging the refusal by the Eswatini’s Registrar of Companies to register…
Staff Writer
21 April 2023
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Journalist a terrorist? How anti-terrorism laws constitute a threat to fundamental human rights in Eswatini ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatiniSADC

Journalist a terrorist? How anti-terrorism laws constitute a threat to fundamental human rights in Eswatini

In May 2022, the African Union (AU) held an extraordinary session on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes of Governments in Africa in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, resulting in a declaration entitled “robust…
Melusi Simelane
6 July 2022
Opinion: Eswatini’s citizens condemn lavish spending by the monarchy at their peril ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEswatini

Opinion: Eswatini’s citizens condemn lavish spending by the monarchy at their peril

Published in the Daily Maverick on 17 December 2019 In a time of economic hardship for Eswatini, citizens saw the arrival of a large fleet of luxury cars for the…
Anneke Meerkotter
20 December 2019