September 13, 2019 10:50 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Citizenship of Zimbabwe by birth for persons born abroad upheld by the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe! Today we were in the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe for a determination of a matter concerning the citizenship status of persons born abroad to […]
September 12, 2019 8:21 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
DITSHWANELO – The Botswana Centre for Human Rights stands in solidarity with the Namibians from the Caprivi Strip (now Zambezi Region), and wishes to express its concern about how the Government of Botswana is dealing with the Caprivians, including their […]
September 12, 2019 12:04 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Remise d’actes de naissance aux personnes recensées sous témoignage : l’opération prorogée jusqu’au 12 septembre Par Dios CHACHA L’opération de distribution des actes de naissance établit dans le cadre du Recensement Administratif à Vocation d’Identification de la Population (RAVIP) au Bénin n’a […]
September 11, 2019 2:41 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Press release The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC or Commission) has released its Position Paper on Access to a Basic Education for Undocumented Learners, inclusive of findings and recommendations addressed to the State. The release of this Paper follows […]
September 11, 2019 11:53 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le gouvernement nigérien a adopté mardi en conseil des ministres un plan d’action national de lutte contre l’apatridie dans le pays, conformément à l’appel mondial à éradiquer le phénomène à l’horizon 2024, apprend-on mercredi de source officielle à Niamey. Le […]
September 11, 2019 10:17 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
BY BRENNA MATENDERE/JAIROS SAUNYAMA THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern over the high number of people without proper documentation, particularly national identity (IDs) cards and birth certificates, saying this infringed on people’s constitutional rights. ZHRC is conducting […]
September 10, 2019 2:10 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le Conseil des Ministres s’est réuni ce jour, mardi 10 septembre 2019, dans la salle habituelle des délibérations, sous la présidence de Son Excellence, Monsieur ISSOUFOU MAHAMADOU, Président de la République, Président du Conseil des Ministres. Après examen des points […]
September 9, 2019 4:24 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Emalahleni – Businessman Sam Mshengu of logistics company Sam Holdings has reportedly been arrested by the Hawks in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga. According to Mail & Guardian journalist Sabelo Skiti, the case is linked to an investigation of Mshengu’s citizenship status. This probe was […]
September 9, 2019 10:21 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
For decades the Sudanese government has been heavily criticised for discriminating against non-Muslims. However the new civilian government has invited a small community of Sudanese Jews living in exile to return home. There used to be up to a thousand […]
September 7, 2019 7:38 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Nasr Al-Din Mufreh, Sudan’s Minister of Religious Affairs, said in a September 7, 2019 interview on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that Sudan is pluralistic in its views, values, cultures, ideologies, Islamic schools of thought, and religions, and he called upon […]
September 6, 2019 4:45 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Zambia has announced a National Action Plan to battle the statelessness becoming the first country in the SADC region which decided to implement such policies. This comes 5 years after the United Nations launched its decade-long campaign aimed at ending […]
September 6, 2019 9:01 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Masuzyo Chakwe ZAMBIA has become the first country in the SADC region to come up with a National Action Plan to eradicate statelessness in the country. This is five years after the global campaign aimed at eradicating statelessness around […]