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News for the year: 2016

MEDIA ALERT: Government ordered to reduce number of persons at Pollsmoor
5 December 2016
(Press release)
MEDIA ALERT: The MMC’s selective righteousness ignores citizens plight to adequate housing
5 December 2016
(Press release)
The Week Ahead (05- 09 December 2016)
5 December 2016
(News)
Media Alert: POLLSMOOR REMAND COURT CASE IN RESPONSE TO EXTREME OVERCROWDING TO BE HEARD ON MONDAY 5 DECEMBER 2016
1 December 2016
(Press release)
The Week Ahead (28 November- 02 December 2016)
28 November 2016
(News)
The Week Ahead (21-27 November 2016)
21 November 2016
(News)
MEDIA ALERT: Ingquza-Hill municipality ordered to provide temporary shelter or face jail
18 November 2016
(Press release)
MEDIA ALERT: When the government fails you all your life!
17 November 2016
(Press release)
The Week Ahead (14-19 November)
14 November 2016
(News)
OPEN LETTER: A CALL TO UPHOLD CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENTS AND TO VOTE AGAINST THE RESOLUTION TO SUSPEND THE WORK OF UN EXPERT ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY
9 November 2016
(News)
The Week Ahead (7-12 November 2016)
7 November 2016
(News)
MEDIA ALERT: LHR to Challenge Constitutionality of Immigration Detention laws
7 November 2016
(Press release)
LHR to Stand with Save SA over Gordhan Charges
31 October 2016
(News)
The Week Ahead (31 October - 4 November 2016)
31 October 2016
(News)
The Week Ahead (24- 28 October 2016)
24 October 2016
(News)
South Africa’s Intention to Withdraw from ICC
21 October 2016
(Press release)
Court rules that the Municipality must provide temporary shelter for families who lost their homes in Lusikisiki!
20 October 2016
(Press release)
“Blyvooruitzicht residents also have a right to access sufficient water"
18 October 2016
(Press release)
The Week Ahead (17- 21 October 2016)
17 October 2016
(News)
Our David vs Goliath case will be heard tomorrow at the North West High Court.
17 October 2016
(News)
Gigaba has so much to #SaySorry4
14 October 2016
(Press release)
Gendered Apartheid property laws need to be done away with!
11 October 2016
(Press release)
Press Statement: JSC looking at ways to smash the glass ceiling
10 October 2016
(Press release)
The Week Ahead (10- 15 October 2016)
10 October 2016
(News)
MEDIA ALERT: High Court rules on TUT eviction case
23 September 2016
(Press release)
MEDIA ALERT: South African government to account for progress on realising child rights
19 September 2016
(News)
Constitutional Court orders the Govan Mbeki Municipality to halt any further evictions
9 September 2016
(Press release)
Press Release: Stateless no more - a win for stateless children in South Africa - Supreme Court of Appeal: Minister of Home Affairs and others v DGLR and another (Case number 1051/2015 SCA)
6 September 2016
(Press release)
Statelessness in the spotlight in the Supreme Court of Appeal: Minister of Home Affairs and others v DGLR and another (Case number 1051/2015 SCA)
5 September 2016
(Press release)
PRESS RELEASE: "David-and-Goliath" Wilgespruit Community goes to the North West High Court over their land
23 August 2016
(Press release)
Press Conference: African high-level experts join forces against sexual violence ahead of FIDH 39th Congress
19 August 2016
(Press release)
PRESS STATEMENT: LHR takes TUT to court for failing to honour a court order instructing the University to allow students to return to residences
18 August 2016
(Press release)
Press Statement: This Month we remember the plights of the wives of the Mozambican mineworkers
11 August 2016
(News)
LHR appoints Sharon Ekambaram as the New Head of its Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme
1 August 2016
(News)
[PRESS ALERT] Bapsfontein Community a step closer to getting justice
27 July 2016
(Press release)
Introduction of Refugee Law Practice and Immigration Detention in Japan
21 July 2016
(News)
Joint Civil Society Statement: Lesotho Authorities Must Protect the Right to Freedom of Expression
12 July 2016
(News)
PRESS RELEASE: Decisions made at the UN Human Rights Council by the South African delegation simply contradict our constitution
7 July 2016
(Press release)
PRESS STATEMENT: Blyvooruizicht residents a step closer to accessing affordable prepaid electricity
5 July 2016
(Press release)
LHR speaks out on allegations made by the City of Tshwane on the Plastic View Case
4 July 2016
(Press release)
Life, Interrupted: Hundreds of inmates consider legal action over parole delays
29 June 2016
(News)
Sign our petition: End Childhood Statelessness in South Africa
20 June 2016
(News)
PRESS RELEASE: LHR applauds the Commission for Gender Equality recommendations on the Maidens “Virgins” Bursary Scheme
20 June 2016
(Press release)
MEDIA ALERT: LHR sends condolences to the family of advocate Jules Browde
1 June 2016
(Press release)
LHR expresses shock at the Kenyan government threat to close its refugee camps
11 May 2016
(Press release)
We are HIRING: Programme Manager: Refugee and Migrants Rights
6 May 2016
(News)
​​New Mobile Service Provides Low-Cost HUMAN Rights Information to Non-Nationals Living in South Africa
3 May 2016
(News)
Press release for International Labour Day: Voices from the Underground – the monopoly over personal information and how it prejudices migrant mineworkers and their widows
29 April 2016
(Press release)
Press statement: LHR Disappointed by Flawed Arms Deal Commission Investigation
21 April 2016
(Press release)
Press Statement by Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden and Hennie Van Vuuren regarding the release of the SERITI COMMISSION REPORT into the ARMS DEAL
21 April 2016
(News)
Mamelodi Hostel Residents March, asking the City of Tshwane to address their Concern
15 April 2016
(News)
Press statement: LHR appoints new Media and Communications Officer
8 April 2016
(Press release)
Press statement: LHR welcomes the Report of the Special Reference Group on Migration and Community Integration in KZN
6 April 2016
(Press release)
NGO statement on Helen Suzman Foundation raid
23 March 2016
(Press release)
Press statement: African Civil Society Joins in Al-Bashir International Warrant Hearing
11 February 2016
(Press release)
Press statement: Scholarship for virgins violates rights and entrenches gender inequality
26 January 2016
(Press release)
LHR is hiring: Candidate attorney in Durban
21 January 2016
(Press release)
HIRING: Restaurant and events manager
21 January 2016
(Press release)