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  • Published on Jun 16, 2021

    Malawi abolishes death penalty: what it means for southern Africa

    The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal abolished the death penalty in April, the most notable decision against capital punishment since the South African Constitutional Court found the penalty unconstitutional in 1995. The Malawian decision is significant …

    Source: Big News Network - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 16, 2021

    Zimbabwe Court Grants Bail to New York Freelancer After 3 Weeks in Prison

    HARARE, ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwean prison authorities released New York Times freelancer Jeffrey Moyo on Wednesday, one day after the High Court in Bulawayo granted him bail. Police arrested the 37-year-old in May, alleging he helped two of the U.S. newspaper…

    Source: Voice of America - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Jun 14, 2021

    Religions And Persecution Of Nonbelievers In Africa By Leo Igwe

    The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has, in a recent document, highlighted a critical aspect of humanism and religion in Africa-conditions of nonbelievers in the region. The document outlines challenges that Africans …

    Source: The Maravi Post - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 17, 2021

    Lives First, Profits Later: How to Close the Global Vaccine Gap

    Here in the United States, many are finally seeing the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. More than 60 percent of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and the vaccine is now available to anyone over the age of 12. However, …

    Distribution channels: Human Rights
  • Published on Jun 17, 2021

    Lives First, Profits Later: How to Close the Global Vaccine Gap

    Here in the United States, many are finally seeing the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. More than 60 percent of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and the vaccine is now available to anyone over the age of 12. However, …

    Distribution channels: Human Rights
  • Published on May 29, 2021

    Inspired by human rights lawyer George Bizos to succeed

    T he first thing Meshack Mabuza, 39, did after passing his bachelor of law degree through Unisa was fall to his knees and pray. Then, he called his long-term partner and his children. “They were so happy,” he says, as his gaze shifts into the distance and …

    Source: The Citizen (South Africa) - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 14, 2021

    'Hands off Siraj Desai, SAZF!' - SA BDS Coalition

    Yet another reflection of hatred that Israeli apologists continue to display for anti-apartheid activists SA BDS Coalition says 'Hands off Siraj Desai, SAZF!' 12 June 2021 The SA BDS Coalition is appalled but unsurprised by the announcement …

    Source: Politicsweb FC - Right-wing
  • Published on Jun 7, 2021

    The difference between Zimbabwean sanctions and Rhodesian sanctions

    Last Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith MANY Zimbabweans often bring up the comparison between Rhodesian and Zimbabwean sanctions to drive the narrative that Rhodesia had more stringent sanctions that they managed better than Zimbabwe is managing under …

    Source: The Zimbabwe Mail - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 9, 2021

    'This IS INSANE': Africa desperately short of COVID vaccine

    FILE - In this May 25, 2021, file photo, a health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at the Orange Farm Clinic near Johannesburg. In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. ( …

    Source: Brandon Sun - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 15, 2021

    Mnangagwa's govt grabs Malunga family farm

    The Zimbabwean govt has grabbed a privately-owned farm belonging to the family of the late outspoken veteran nationalist Sydney Malunga, father to international human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga, Open Society of Southern Africa director in Johannesburg …

    Source: Bulawayo 24 News - Neutral
  • Published on May 21, 2021

    News24.com | Judge Navi Pillay | SA’s record on international human rights law is concerning

    In August 2008, upon my election as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, South Africa’s Ambassador, Dumisani Khumalo, informed me that Poland was hosting a retreat for incoming members of the SC and wished to invite me to address the retreat, and he …

    Source: News24 - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 7, 2021

    Back to old habits? South African arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE

    Following illegal and unethical arms trades to countries with very poor human rights records under apartheid, democratic South Africa established a legal framework so that the mistakes of the past would not repeat themselves.  But 26 years later, the plan …

    Source: Mail & Guardian - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 12, 2021

    Palesa Madi: A dynamo giving power to the poor

    In a country ravaged by inequality, access to justice is often slanted in favour of those who have money, leaving the poorest of the poor shut out. Palesa Madi, the deputy director of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (Cals) – one of South Africa’s …

    Source: The Citizen (South Africa) - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 15, 2021

    FLUSHING OUT ARMS DEALERS: Court orders disclosure of SA companies issued with permits to supply weapons being used in ...

    The order by Judge John Davis in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 15 June prepares the way for further litigation between the trustees of the Southern African Human Rights Litigation Centre (SALC) and Open Secrets (OS) and the chairperson of the NCACC …

    Source: Daily Maverick - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 15, 2021

    Court orders disclosure of SA arms dealers allegedly linked to weapons used in Yemen conflict

    Houthi followers hold their guns during a tribal gathering against the continued war and blockade in Sanaa, Yemen, in 2019. Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images The high court granted an urgent order forcing the National Conventional Arms Control Committee to …

    Source: News (South Africa) - Uncategorized
  • Published on Jun 3, 2021

    Namibians slam ‘disrespectful’ deal over German genocide

    WINDHOEK: Descendants of victims of massacres committed by German colonisers — recently recognised as a genocide — have scoffed at the agreement between the Namibian government and the southern African country’s former rulers. “It’s a slap in the face,“ …

    Source: The Sun Daily - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 14, 2021

    The Baseless Charge that Israel Is an Apartheid State, Again

    (Susan Melkisethian/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The baseless accusations that Israel has adopted an apartheid system similar to South Africa’s pre-1994 racial doctrine, just won’t go away. Recently, Ilan Baruch and Dr. Alon Liel, two former Israeli diplomats who …

    Source: Daily Alert - Right-wing
  • Published on May 5, 2021

    Verso lands human rights lawyer's 'revelatory' memoir

    Published May 5, 2021 by Ruth Comerford Verso has acquired Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests and the Pursuit of Freedom, a memoir by Derecka Purnell.  Verso has acquired Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests and the Pursuit of Freedom, a memoir …

    Source: The Bookseller - Neutral
  • Published on May 18, 2021

    MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED: SADC must do more to ensure equitable vaccine access in Southern Africa

    (Photo: newscientist.com / Wikipedia) “Although progress is being made, many African countries have barely moved beyond the starting line. Limited stocks and supply bottlenecks are putting Covid-19 vaccines out of reach of many people in this region. …

    Source: Daily Maverick - Neutral

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