SALC strengthens the rights of prisoners in the region through training, advocacy and litigation. In addition, with local partners SALC works with international bodies such as the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to further the rights of prisoners. Currently, the Prisoners’ Rights Programme primarily works in Malawi and Zambia.
Blog PostsZambia: Update on trial of two men accused of “carnal knowledge against the order of nature”On 10 and 11 June 2013 the prosecution led its first four witnesses in the » Read More An Exciting Week in Court for SALC: Freedom of Expression, the Right to Equality, Refugee Law and International Criminal LawSALC will be in the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the South Gauteng High Court, » Read More African Leaders embarrassing African Court judgesThe African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (African Court’s) 27th ordinary session being » Read More |
CasesZambia: Right to food for HIV-positive prisonersSALC is working with the Legal Resources Foundation in Zambia challenging the right of HIV-positive » Read More Malawi: Mandatory HIV testing of alleged sex workersIn November 2009, police in Mwanza arrested alleged sex workers, eventually charging them under section » Read More Malawi: Strengthening the Writ of Habeas CorpusSALC is using the writ of habeas corpus to challenge Malawi’s authority to detain. The » Read More |
Last Saturday, on 11 August 2012, Zimbabwe riot police officers unlawfully arrested 44 people who attended a gathering organised by Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ). The people who were arrested committed no crime. They were simply exercising their rights to assembly and to freedom of association by attending a …» Read More