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News for the year: 2011

Concourt to rule on the noose
22 December 2011
(News)
Amnesty International's call on SA to fulfill its obligations in protecting refugees
22 December 2011
(News)
In defense of the Concourt
15 December 2011
(News)
Victory for refugees in Johannesburg
14 December 2011
(Press release)
PE court orders refugee office to remain open in Port Elizabeth
13 December 2011
(Press release)
Court mulls refugees’ challenge to department
10 December 2011
(News)
Constitutional Court in Bapsfontein shuffle (Constitutionally Speaking)
9 December 2011
(News)
City’s duty to house squatters reaffirmed
9 December 2011
(News)
Itireleng evictions unanimously overturned by Constitutional Court – confirms municipalities’ obligation to prevent homelessness
7 December 2011
(Press release)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES FORCED REMOVAL OF BABPSFONTEIN RESIDENTS UNLAWFUL
6 December 2011
(Press release)
Judge taken to task over asylum seekers
1 December 2011
(News)
Vacancy: Attorney and Programme Manager (Stellenbosch)
15 November 2011
(Press release)
Deportation of Zimbabweans tearing families apart
2 November 2011
(News)
Asylum seekers face detention
1 November 2011
(News)
IOM deplores treatment of refugees
1 November 2011
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IFRC calls on SADC for policies to recognize rights of migrants
1 November 2011
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Farmers to be probed for labour cheating
1 November 2011
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261 Zimbabweans deported from SA
13 October 2011
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Statelessness: Living the South African dream on borrowed time
10 October 2011
(News)
Home affairs resumes Zim deportations
7 October 2011
(News)
Statelessness: Falling through the cracks in southern Africa
6 October 2011
(News)
Constitutional Court Dismisses Leave to Appeal for Schubart Park Crisis
5 October 2011
(Press release)
BLOG: Stateless in Zimbabwe, the Only Country They’ve Ever Called Home
27 September 2011
(News)
Schubart Park Residents Spend Weekend on Streets Despite City’s Promises
25 September 2011
(Press release)
Schubart Park residents left in the cold, again
23 September 2011
(Press release)
No extradition’ if no death penalty pledge
23 September 2011
(News)
Migration: SA should take US lead and fight crime, not chase illegals
21 September 2011
(News)
Bapsfontein residents to fight forced removal in Constitutional Court
14 September 2011
(Press release)
Itireleng evictions challenged in Constitutional Court
12 September 2011
(Press release)
Blikkiesdorp is a 'concentration camp', say Tafelsig squaters (WestCape News)
8 September 2011
(News)
Evicted Somali traders cry foul
2 September 2011
(News)
Prove your citizenship
31 August 2011
(News)
South African Government gets lowest rating on xenophobia by APRM
31 August 2011
(News)
UNHCR launches global campaign for the stateless millions
31 August 2011
(News)
SA denies agreement preventing refugees from seeking asylum
30 August 2011
(News)
Bapsfontein residents to fight removal in Constitutional Court (Business Day)
30 August 2011
(News)
International Day of the Disappeared 2011
29 August 2011
(News)
Constitutional Court dismisses Moutse demarcation challenge
23 August 2011
(Press release)
Constitutional Court to give judgment in the Moutse border demarcation matter
23 August 2011
(Press release)
Refugees in SA fight for better conditions
22 August 2011
(News)
Immigration: US to review 300 000 deportation cases
22 August 2011
(News)
US moves Toward Immigration Sanity
22 August 2011
(News)
LHR and Centre for Child Law challenge the random removal of children from informal traders and beggars
18 August 2011
(News)
South Africa seizes children of Zimbabwe beggars
18 August 2011
(News)
New law to give parents a voice
17 August 2011
(News)
Harassed hawkers 1, municipality 0
15 August 2011
(News)
Home affairs shrugs off 'fatal' stampede
10 August 2011
(News)
Asylum-seekers still look for refuge in SA
10 August 2011
(News)
Horn migrants heading south "pushed backwards"
10 August 2011
(News)
Australian court stops deportation of asylum seekers
10 August 2011
(News)
Court orders hospital to treat Zim child (Citizen)
10 August 2011
(News)
Refugees sue Home Affairs
10 August 2011
(News)
Citizens of nowhere trapped in legal limbo
4 August 2011
(News)
Citizens of nowhere trapped in legal limbo
3 August 2011
(News)
Home Affairs concludes adjudication of applications from Zimbabwean nationals
2 August 2011
(News)
Press Release: Lawyers for Human Rights raises concerns about respect for human rights during the deportations to Zimbabwe, due to resume 1 August
29 July 2011
(Press release)
Update on the ZDP application process
27 July 2011
(Press release)
Deportation has no colour - Home Affairs
26 July 2011
(News)
Detention and deportation of Zimbabweans costly and does not deter - New handbook on alternatives to detention
15 July 2011
(Press release)
Vacancies: Attorney (Pretoria) and Candidate Attorney Programme
9 July 2011
(Press release)
Chair of Home Affairs Portfolio Committee apologises for xenophobic comments
4 July 2011
(News)
Deportation for Illegal Zimbabweans
4 July 2011
(News)
LHR calls for chair of the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee to retract xenophobic statements
1 July 2011
(Press release)
Children who cross borders (Pretoria News)
22 June 2011
(News)
Observations and Recommendations on the International Criminal Court and the African Union in advance of the 17th African Union Summit (30 June-1 July)
21 June 2011
(Press release)
From integration to containment – worrying trends for refugees in SA (Pretoria News)
20 June 2011
(News)
Legal Battle begins to strip Rwandan General and Suspected War Criminal of refugee status
15 June 2011
(Press release)
South Africa: Open New Johannesburg Refugee Center
3 June 2011
(Press release)
Xenophobia meets its match
2 June 2011
(News)
LHR dismayed at closure of refugee reception office in Johannesburg
1 June 2011
(Press release)
Home Affairs plans to build refugee centres along borders
30 May 2011
(News)
Batswana pair back in court (The Star)
25 May 2011
(News)
Cape Town anti-land invasion unit acting illegally, say rights lawyers (West Cape News)
24 May 2011
(News)
LHR to seek order declaring extradition to Botswana unlawful
22 May 2011
(Press release)
LHR calls on the police to protect foreign nationals and foreign owned businesses in the pre-elections intimidation and attacks in Gauteng Province
13 May 2011
(Press release)
Home Affairs refuses admission to Somali asylum seekers
12 May 2011
(News)
LHR condemns political violence in Swaziland
12 April 2011
(Press release)
Crown Mines Refugee Reception Centre in Johannesburg set to close
8 April 2011
(News)
NGOs call for fairer mine law overhaul (Business Report)
7 April 2011
(News)
COURT ORDERS RETURN OF CHILDREN TO FATHER
30 March 2011
(Press release)
Dad loses kids over lobola debt
29 March 2011
(News)
Press release: LHR criticizes DHA's use of unlawful measures to exclude refugees from SA
24 March 2011
(Press release)
SA one step closer to legalising prostitution
18 March 2011
(News)
South Africa commits to engaging Africa on violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people
17 March 2011
(Press release)
LHR joins African NGOs in calling for South Africa to endorse the "Joint Statement on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity" at the UN Human Rights Council
17 March 2011
(News)
Lawyers for Human Rights to fight Schubart Park evictions (EWN)
16 March 2011
(News)
LHR endorses call to the Minister of Justice for Hate Crimes Legislation
15 March 2011
(News)
LHR calls for laws targeting hate speech and discrimination: Laws criminalizing homosexuality are incompatible with international human rights standards and fuel homophobia
14 March 2011
(Press release)
Moutse Demarcation Forum case to be heard in the Constitutional Court, 10 March 2011
9 March 2011
(Press release)
LHR calls on the President to protect the Public Protector
3 March 2011
(Press release)
State strung out case — Moutse residents
2 March 2011
(News)
Tanya Pampalone I Mail and Guardian: Making a run for the border
1 March 2011
(News)
Court criticizes Home Affairs unlawful detention practices
11 February 2011
(Press release)
LHR comments on Immigration Amendment Bill, 2011
28 January 2011
(Press release)
Submission on The Limpopo Prevention And Control Of Informal Settlements Bill, 2011
28 January 2011
(Press release)
TRANSCRIPT COPY: INTERACTION WITH MEDIA BY HOME AFFAIRS DIRECTOR-GENERAL MKUSELI APLENI REGARDING DOCUMENTATION OF ZIMBABWEANS
20 January 2011
(Press release)
Zimbabwean and SA authorities meet over passport confusion
19 January 2011
(News)
Cops can't arrest illegal Zims: LHR
18 January 2011
(News)
Rights body concerned over harassment of Zimbabweans, Business Day
18 January 2011
(News)
South Africa extends moratorium on deportation to Zimbabwe to 1 August
13 January 2011
(Press release)
South Africa May Deport 1.2 Million Zimbabweans (Bloomberg News)
10 January 2011
(News)
South Africa: Interaction With Media by Home Affairs Director-Genreral Mkuseli Apleni Regarding Documentation of Zimbabweans (AllAfrica.com)
8 January 2011
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