Lawyers For Human Rights

Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates

By Masoka Dube

The Green Guardian

/ 30 June 2020

UN special rapporteur on the environment joins local air pollution case

The state is facing a court battle about big industry’s emissions and their link to poor health. This is a public health concern and the government must take action to save lives

By Tony Carnie

Article

/ 17 January 2020

Workers fight job-creation ‘mess’

Former Ekurhuleni workers argued in court that a programme promising to equip them with skills simply acted as a labour broker for the municipality

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 19 July 2019

Cruel warders target trans inmates

A trans woman held in a male prison says she is being harrassed by staff and authorities won’t take her case seriously

By Rumana Akoob

Article

/ 5 April 2019

Legal clinic is empowering queer communities

The centre is an offshoot of the organisation’s three-year, anti-hate crime initiative

By Carl Collison

Africa

/ 12 February 2019

‘Shocking’ judgment for Somali asylum seekers

Lawyers for Human Rights is litigating on behalf of eight Somalis whose appeal was turned down in what it calls a ruling that does not reflect facts

By Jan Bornman

Article

/ 8 January 2019

Sons and daughters of no country

If amendments to the Births and Deaths Registration Act are approved, children of migrants might find it even more difficult to access basic services

By Jan Bornman

Article

/ 18 May 2018

NGO’s sexual harassment woes grow

Equal Education co-founder Doron Isaacs and activist Zackie Achmat implicated by staff

By Rumana Akoob, Simon Allison and Carl Collison

Article

/ 6 October 2017

Rectifying women’s land title rights

A court ruling may have finally put an end to inequities in the Land Tenure Rights Act

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 8 July 2017

Mashaba points finger at civil society: #JhbFire ‘was bound to happen’

Mashaba said he knew the fire was going to happen according to findings he had collected, and blamed human rights lawyers

By Fatima Moosa

Article

/ 27 May 2016

Prisonersâ€™ claims of torture ignored

Inmates want the NPA to tell them why their jailers weren’t prosecuted

By Phillip De Wet

Article

/ 13 May 2015

Court halts deportation of migrants

A court has temporarily halted the deportation of 200 migrants, detained after a raid on a church, amid claims of "state-sponsored" xenophobia.

By Reuters

Article

/ 24 January 2015

Soweto unrest shows lack of compassion for foreigners, says LHR

Lawyers for Human Rights says it is dissapointed by the "disregard for human life" during this week’s violence in Soweto.

By Sapa

Article

/ 28 May 2014

Arms deal critics accuse commission of holding up process

Arms deal critics represented by Lawyers for Human Rights have accused the Seriti commission of making it impractical to cross-examine key witnesses.

By Sarah Evans

Article

/ 22 October 2013

Arms deal commission hearing ‘one-sided’ evidence, say ‘critics’

Arms deal commission critics say government witnesses are not being cross-examined, leading to one-sided evidence before the inquiry.

By Sarah Evans

Article

/ 14 October 2013

Witnesses question arms commission’s opaqueness

Three high-profile witnesses have raised concerns about a lack of openness at the arms deal commission, which has resumed its inquiry.

By Sarah Evans

Article

/ 7 August 2013

Unpaid salaries: E Cape education continues ping-pong

The Eastern Cape’s education department says it will counter the court order that will attach its movable assets after it failed to pay teachers.

By Victoria John

Article

/ 19 September 2012

NGO demands answers from home affairs for court violations

Lawyers for Human Rights says home affairs officials should be held personally responsible for the department’s failure to implement court orders.

By Sapa

Article

/ 11 January 2012

ConCourt deems parts of Children’s Act invalid

The ConCourt has ruled that parents of children who have been removed from their care will now have access to an automatic decision review.

By Faranaaz Parker

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Article

/ 23 February 2011

Zimbabwe police arrest 46 at Egypt lecture session

Zimbabwean police detained 46 people, including a former lawmaker, for attending a lecture and discussion group on mass uprisings in Egypt.

By Angus Shaw

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Article

/ 2 October 2008

‘Like a concentration camp’

Despite being intimidated by shadowy figures, a refugee camp coordinator speaks out about shocking conditions.

By Pearlie Joubert Author

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Article

/ 28 July 2008

Out in the cold (once again)

Heavy-handed tactics and poor communication with refugees have led to the latest crisis.

By Nicole Johnston

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Article

/ 23 July 2008

Call for release of refugees facing deportation

A human rights group calls for refugees removed from a Johannesburg camp on Tuesday not to be deported.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 3 June 2008

Refugee case back in court on Friday

Lawyers for Human Rights, the organisation opposing the relocation of foreigners displaced by Xenophobic violence to City Deep in Johannesburg, will return to court on Friday. The Johannesburg High Court granted an urgent interdict on Monday preventing the relocation of the foreigners to City Deep for security reasons.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 3 June 2008

‘They are terrorised, they are traumatised’

Immigrant leaders in South Africa said on Monday that thousands of refugees frustrated at miserable living conditions were on the point of retaliating against a wave of xenophobic attacks. Tens of thousands of immigrants have been forced to take refuge at temporary shelters around the country after mobs began attacking foreigners.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 2 June 2008

Court halts relocation of foreigners

The Johannesburg High Court has granted an urgent interdict preventing the relocation of foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks who are being accommodated at the city’s Cleveland and Jeppe police stations, Lawyers for Human Rights said on Monday.

By Imke Van Hoorn, Zodidi Mhlana and Sapa Afp

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Article

/ 21 May 2008

Gauteng says attacks on the wane

The xenophobic attacks in Gauteng appeared to have subsided, a provincial spokesperson said on Wednesday. However, KwaZulu-Natal police are monitoring a possible outbreak of attacks there. ”There are no new reports of attacks,” said Thabo Masebe, deputy director of communications for the provincial government.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 16 May 2008

Xenophobia ‘like racism of apartheid’

The spate of xenophobic violence in Alexandra has to be contained or it will cause problems in the future, Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba said on Friday after visiting the troubled township. Meanwhile, the Gauteng African National Congress has compared the xenophobia that fuelled this week’s attacks to the racism of apartheid.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 7 February 2008

Lack of understanding cited in discussion on refugees

Human rights issues concerning refugees, immigrants and exiles needed urgent discussion and action at all three levels of government, experts said on Thursday during a panel discussion at the University of the Witwatersrand. The discussion dealt with the Central Methodist Church raid in Johannesburg as well as the country’s immigration policy.

By Staff Reporter

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Home Affairs in court for ‘blocking’ identity documents

Risk of water crisis looms – UN

Born in but stateless in South Africa

UN special rapporteur on the environment joins local air pollution case

Workers fight job-creation ‘mess’

Cruel warders target trans inmates

Legal clinic is empowering queer communities

‘Shocking’ judgment for Somali asylum seekers

Sons and daughters of no country

NGO’s sexual harassment woes grow

Rectifying women’s land title rights

Mashaba points finger at civil society: #JhbFire ‘was bound to happen’

Prisonersâ€™ claims of torture ignored

Court halts deportation of migrants

Soweto unrest shows lack of compassion for foreigners, says LHR

Arms deal critics accuse commission of holding up process

Arms deal commission hearing ‘one-sided’ evidence, say ‘critics’

Witnesses question arms commission’s opaqueness

Unpaid salaries: E Cape education continues ping-pong

NGO demands answers from home affairs for court violations

ConCourt deems parts of Children’s Act invalid

Zimbabwe police arrest 46 at Egypt lecture session

‘Like a concentration camp’

Out in the cold (once again)

Call for release of refugees facing deportation

Refugee case back in court on Friday

‘They are terrorised, they are traumatised’

Court halts relocation of foreigners

Gauteng says attacks on the wane

Xenophobia ‘like racism of apartheid’

Lack of understanding cited in discussion on refugees

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