Zimbabwe: Zim's Mukoko free at last

28th September 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the government could not prosecute a leading human rights activist facing terrorism charges because her abduction and torture in custody infringed her rights.
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South Africa: Challenge to SA’s policies on HIV-infected

28th September 2009
THE deportation of illegal migrants could be challenged in South African courts to prevent what human rights activists described as “the expulsion of HIV-positive foreigners” who do not have access to treatment in their home countries.
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Zimbabwe's Challenge to the SADC Tribunal

22nd September 2009
In the last few weeks Zimbabwe’s Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Patrick Chinamasa, has sought to attack the SADC Tribunal, primarily alleging that it has been established in violation of international law.
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South Africa: South African plan to make HIV testing compulsory 'breaches patients' human rights'

21st September 2009
A controversial plan to make HIV testing compulsory in South Africa has been criticised by campaigners who argue it would breach patients' human rights. Politicians proposed that anyone visiting a doctor would be automatically tested for the virus. Western Cape health minister Theuns Botha said the system would be a 'major onslaught' in the battle against AIDs in South Africa, which has the largest number of HIV sufferers in the world.
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DRC: ICC's trial of Congo militia leader raises questions and concerns in DRC

16th September 2009
The trial of militia leader Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court in The Hague is being heavily criticized in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many fear that the process is merely a show trial for the ICC.
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South Africa: Trust to Support Human Rights Defenders

10th September 2009
Across Southern Africa, the human rights situation remains dire. While most countries in the region have adopted multi-partyism, genuine and robust democracies in which freedom of expression and association are respected, remain elusive. Those who speak out to expose corruption and mismanagement, and who defend the rights of the vulnerable and marginalised, often face personal risk.
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Zimbabwe: Don't lift Zim sanctions - HRW

10th September 2009
Cape Town - Sanctions against Zimbabwe should not be lifted until rights violations end in that country, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, ahead of a meeting between South Africa and the European Union.
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Zimbabawe: Clash looms between Mugabe, congressmen

3rd September 2009
HARARE – A potential war of words looms between the Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, His Excellency President Robert Mugabe and the United States government following a visit to Zimbabwe by a five-member delegation from the US House of Representatives.
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South Africa: War crime warning to SA

2nd September 2009
About 75 South Africans serving in the Israeli Defence Force could face war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) if South African authorities decline to prosecute them for involvement in the Gaza conflict
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