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The treatment of foreign nationals in SADC prisons

Polity 08 August 2025 Madelyn Evans The treatment of foreign nationals in prisons across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region has become an increasingly urgent human rights concern. Migrants,…

Staff Writer11 August 2025

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression Civic Rights News Zimbabwe

SALC statement on the attacks on human rights defenders and journalists in Zimbabwe

With the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ rights 68th Ordinary Session taking place from 14 April to 4 May 2021, the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) wishes to highlight…

Staff Writer13 April 2021

International Justice Torture Zimbabwe

International Day against torture: A call by African Civil Society for reform in Zimbabwe

INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST TORTURE: A CALL BY AFRICAN CIVIL SOCIETY FOR REFORM IN ZIMBABWE As civil society organisations from across the region, we are concerned by the increased arrests of…

Staff Writer26 June 2019

Civic Rights Association & Assembly Civic Rights Expression SADC Seminars and Conferences

Reflection on the Closing of Civic Spaces in Southern Africa

From 14 to 16 November 2018, 100 human rights defenders from across Southern Africa met to discuss the closing of civic spaces in the region. The Summit noted points for…

Staff Writer10 December 2018

Civic Rights Expression Civic Rights Resources Criminal Justice Police Abuse Criminal Justice Resources Zimbabwe

Two human rights defenders acquitted

OMCT-SOS Torture Network Paris-Geneva, November 28, 2013. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, welcomes the acquittal of Mr. Abel Chikomo, Executive Director of the…

Staff Writer28 November 2013

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The treatment of foreign nationals in SADC prisons

SALC statement on the attacks on human rights defenders and journalists in Zimbabwe

International Day against torture: A call by African Civil Society for reform in Zimbabwe

Reflection on the Closing of Civic Spaces in Southern Africa

Two human rights defenders acquitted

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