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Taliban dissolve Afghanistan’s Human Rights Commission, other key bodies

Reuters
10 hours ago

Human rights defenders are being targeted and killed – will Nokuthula Mabaso’s death be in vain?

Zukiswa Pikoli
10 May

Another Abahlali baseMjondolo leader murdered, shot four times in the back

Zukiswa Pikoli
06 May

Concern about healthcare access for refugees, rural children, injured employees, the elderly and those living with disabilities

Geetesh Solanki, Neil Myburgh, Stephanie Wild, Judith Cornell and Vishal Brijlal
03 May

Beating disobedient children does not ensure discipline at schools – and it’s illegal

Mila Harding
22 Apr

The controversial National Health Insurance Bill has serious constitutional and human rights implications

Geetesh Solanki, Neil Myburgh, Stephanie Wild, Judith Cornell and Vishal Brijlal
21 Apr

Ukraine’s ambassador urges SA to acknowledge the suffering of her people

Peter Fabricius
18 Apr

‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus: Using humour to deal with issues of oppression, human rights and sexual violence

Joy Watson
13 Apr

UN condemns murder of Elvis Nyathi and all xenophobic acts in South Africa

Peter Fabricius
12 Apr

How female genital mutilation costs Nigeria dearly

Alexandra Willis
07 Apr

‘Protect human rights defenders working against corruption’, says UN Special Rapporteur

Bongani Ngwenya and Simphiwe Sidu
05 Apr

Rising xenophobic vigilantism in South Africa is reaping the fruits of misrule

Loren B Landau and Jean Pierre Misago
05 Apr

Repression, violence, vaccine apartheid — 2021 was not a good year for human rights

Zukiswa Pikoli
29 Mar

Football players and coaches speak out over Qatar’s poor human rights record

Reuters
28 Mar

Judicial mindset must change in line with the Constitution to realise social and economic transformation: Mlambo

Zukiswa Pikoli
25 Mar

Anti-Xenophobia march to go ahead Saturday after Joburg court overturns metro police prohibition

Tamsin Metelerkamp
25 Mar

New Zimbabwean NGO bill threatens freedom of expression and civic space

Margaret Zulu
21 Mar

Commemorate the Sharpeville massacre by breaking the cycle of racial injustice

Abigail Noko
21 Mar

Our democracy and civic values are under attack – the fightback starts in the classroom

Faranaaz Veriava and Lawson Naidoo
18 Mar

The murder of Abahlali’s Ayanda Ngila is an injury to us all

Mark Heywood
15 Mar

Youngsters guided from despair to success by tutoring organisation in Langa

Biénne Huisman
10 Mar