On 31 May 2023, 28 men were arrested in Harare CBD under the country’s vagrancy laws. These arrests raise the question of why vagrancy laws still exist and are still…
Staff Writer9 June 2023
The Rights4All Project, as part of its My Body My Rights Campaign, has produced leaflets on the laws which can be used by sex workers to assert their rights. …
Staff Writer16 August 2019
Local community groups working with populations vulnerable to HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa are making inroads into obtaining official recognition by their governments, which is expanding opportunities for increased funding and…
Staff Writer30 November 2018
Lilongwe - On Tuesday, 28 November, Malawi Members of Parliament voted to reject coercive and criminalising provisions that threatened human rights in a long-deliberated HIV (Prevention and Management) Bill. Activists…
Staff Writer29 November 2017
On Tuesday, 28 November 2017, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe set aside the decision of the High Court of Zimbabwe, in which the High Court refused the Sexual Rights Centre…
Staff Writer28 November 2017
Nyasa Times By Alfred Chauwa Stakeholders have described the new HIV and AIDS Bill as ‘a bad law’ and a disaster to happen as it is discriminatory and will impede…
Staff Writer2 November 2017
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Commission) has recognised that the declassification and decriminalisation of petty offences is an important human rights issue. A Side Event on the…
Staff Writer31 October 2017
Ground Up 6 June 2013 Zambian activist Paul Kasonkomona has won an important first round in his court battle. In an interview on Zambian television in April he called for…
Staff Writer6 June 2013