Malawi: Human Rights During a Lockdown by Amanda Shivamba August 4, 2020 0 The Weekend Nation By Victor Mhango from the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and Anneke Meerkotter...
Municipal oversight bodies must be beefed up to protect against human rights abuses by police by Amanda Shivamba August 4, 2020 0 The Daily Maverick In the wake of the controversy surrounding a video of Cape Town resident Bulelani Qolani being dragged...
UN Torture Prevention Body: COVID-19 shows need to Strengthen National Preventive Mechanisms by Amanda Shivamba August 4, 2020 0 GENEVA (2 July 2020) — The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has called for the role of domestic monitoring bodies, officially...
UN Statement on COVID-19 Exacerbating the Risk of ill-treatment and Torture Worldwide by Amanda Shivamba August 4, 2020 0 On 26 June 2020, the UN Anti-Torture Mechanisms issued a statement on how COVID-19 exacerbates the risk of ill-treatment and...
Sex Workers in Africa Are More Vulnerable During COVID-19 by Amanda Shivamba August 11, 2020 0 The Global Fund Sex workers in Africa are among the communities suffering the most due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as...
Why Criminal Justice Reforms are on Course by Amanda Shivamba August 3, 2020 0 The Daily Nation By Grace Ngenye When I read the Daily Nation article (June 17, 2020) on the Committee on...
Judge rules that kids who possess or use cannabis cannot be criminals by Amanda Shivamba August 3, 2020 0 Times Live A law that criminalises children who possess or use cannabis has been declared unconstitutional by a Johannesburg high...
CSOs Call for Urgent Decongestion as Prisons Record COVID-19 Cases by Amanda Shivamba July 4, 2022 0 On 14 July 2020, the Malawi Prison Service registered its first COVID-19 case at Mzimba Prison through a prisoner. On...
