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    SA racism case back in court 

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    Published on 29th October 2009 08:05 PM

    afrol News, 28 October - The racism case against four University of the Free State (UFS) students is expected to get back in court following consultations today in the Free State city of Bloemfontein.


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    Zimbabwe turns away from UN human rights expert 

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    Published on 29th October 2009 08:05 PM

    afrol News, 28 October - The Zimbabwean government has today announced the shocking last minute withdrawal of its invitation for a visit by the United Nations independent expert on torture, who was already en route to the country, citing ...

    UN steps in to help in Angola/DRC refugee saga 

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    Published on 29th October 2009 08:02 PM

    afrol News, 29 October - The UN agencies are preparing to airlift tents and an emergency response team to help scores of thousands of Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as each country continues to drive out its neighbour’s nationals.
    According ...

    Economic, Food Crises Worsen Human Rights Abuses 

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    Published on 28th May 2009 09:34 PM

    Washington D.C

    Amnesty International has released its annual report on the state of the world's human rights and it warns the global economic and food crises are contributing to billions of people suffering from insecurity, injustice and indignity.

    Erwin van der Borght, director of amnesty's Africa Program, says when the food crisis began last year it set the stage for rights abuses.

    "Thousands of people moved into the streets to demonstrate against the increased ...

    AFRICA: Writers urge for protection of languages 

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    Published on 10th April 2008 12:50 PM

    Cape Town - Aspiring African writers, authors and academics in the Western Cape have urged government to enforce policies that will protect indigenous languages.

    They told Arts and Culture Minister Dr Pallo Jordaan during an Imbizo held at Stellenbosch University ...

    SOUTH AFRICA: SA banks urged to consider disabled people 

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    Published on 17th March 2008 11:32 AM

    Johannesburg – Banking institutions in South Africa have been urged to consider the needs of people with disabilities, following complaints by the disabled who struggle to access banking facilities and services.

    “The South African Human Rights Commission [SAHRC] is concerned about this state of affairs and has urged the ...

    NAMIBIA: Nujoma and the ICC Submission 

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    Published on 4th January 2008 01:43 PM

    The International Criminal Court may try former Namibian president Sam Nujoma and three others in connection with the disappearance of hundreds of people. ...

    AFRICA: Human rights watchdogs urge action against enforced disappearance 

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    Published on 27th November 2007 08:36 AM

    BRAZZAVILLE, 21 November 2007 (IRIN) - Human rights activists who gathered in Brazzaville have called on African states to do more to prevent the enforced disappearance of citizens and to end the impunity that often accompanies such crimes.

    Representatives from the International Human Rights Federation (FIDH) and ...

    ZIMBABWE: Disability is much more than a physical constraint 

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    Published on 3rd September 2007 10:53 AM

    HARARE, 30 August 2007 (IRIN) - The disabled are becoming increasingly marginalised, with the state and civil society neglecting their basic needs, says The forgotten tribe, people with disabilities in Zimbabwe, a new report.

    Data for thereport recently published by Progressio, an international development agency, in collaboration with the Zimbabwe National Association ...

    NAMIBIA: Pohamba condemns NSHR trial submission against Nujoma 

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    Published on 30th August 2007 12:08 PM

    The Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba said the submission of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is nothing but an attempt to “vilify” the Founding Father of the Nation, Dr. Sam ...

    NAMIBIA: Struggling with the past 

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    Published on 30th August 2007 09:55 AM

    JOHANNESBURG, 28 August 2007 (IRIN) - Namibia laid to rest a part of its apartheid past this week, when the remains of liberation fighters discovered in mass graves in the north of the country were reburied.

    The bodies of guerrillas of the now-ruling South West Africa Peoples Organisation (SWAPO) were discovered in 2005 in Eenhana, near a former ...