Tag: Human Rights

The South African Constitution is often lauded as a shining light for democratic frameworks across the world, often praised as ...

Executive Director of the Social Policy Institute, Isobel Frye says the COVID-19 lockdown affected the human rights of South Africans.

An international human rights group on Thursday accused separatist fighters in Cameroon's Anglophone regions of systematically targetting schools, students and ...

A court in Cameroon sentenced two transgender women on Tuesday to five years in prison for "attempted homosexuality" and other ...

The report also describes those already most marginalised, including women and refugees, as bearing the devastating brunt of the COVID-19 ...

Black South Africans were more willing to sacrifice their rights to stop the spread of the coronavirus, than their white ...

UN human rights boss Michelle Bachelet was given a mandate on Tuesday to collect and preserve information and evidence of ...

Residents of Jericho near Brits in the North West say there is not much to rejoice about as the country ...

Government has launched Human Rights Month in Dimbaza, outside Qonce, in the Eastern Cape, ahead of the Human Rights Day ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned violent crackdown against anti-coup protesters in Myanmar.

The President of the African National Congress (ANC) and South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has condemned human rights violations in Africa.

The Budget Justice Coalition has called for a national budget centred around human rights. The coalition, consisting of various civil ...

The United States on Thursday blacklisted several Iranian officials and entities over alleged gross violations of human rights, including slapping ...

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) in the Western Cape has asked the African Union to intervene ...

A city in eastern Congo has rallied in support of Denis Mukwege, the Congolese Nobel Laureate who received death threats ...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions has called on government to take a firm stance against Zimbabwe's leaders, following ...

Police had to use shock grenades to disperse protesters outside the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pretoria on Friday. The protest was ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dr. Sydney Mufamadi and Baleka Mbete as his Special Envoys to Zimbabwe, following recent reports ...

Britain will list on Monday the first foreign nationals to face asset freezes and visa bans for alleged human rights ...

South Africa’s constitution is rated amongst the best in the world with clauses protecting the rights of the vulnerable people ...