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News for the year: 2013

Bridging the gap in mental health
11 December 2013
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Press Release: LHR granted leave to appeal decision on refugees’ right to work and operate businesses
11 December 2013
(Press release)
Lawyers praise Nelson Mandela’s leadership qualities
7 December 2013
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Press release: Saying farewell to a legend
6 December 2013
(Press release)
Press Release: Legal challenge on refugees’ right to work and operate businesses
2 December 2013
(Press release)
SA judgments ‘do not apply in Zimbabwe’
29 November 2013
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Why long arm of SA law reaches into Zim
28 November 2013
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South African court orders probe of Zimbabwe torture allegations
27 November 2013
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Press release: State’s appeal against high court Torture Docket judgment dismissed
27 November 2013
(Press release)
Press release: Supreme Court of Appeal orders South African police to investigate crimes against humanity committed in Zimbabwe
27 November 2013
(Press release)
MEDIA SUMMARY OF JUDGMENT DELIVERED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL
27 November 2013
(Press release)
Seriti rules out use of AG report at arms deal inquiry
27 November 2013
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Arms Deal inquiry adjourned to the new year
26 November 2013
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Arms deal: Shrinking legal team impairs probe
22 November 2013
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Arms commission stutters amid tussle over documents
22 November 2013
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Arms deal inquiry postponed
22 November 2013
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Arms deal inquiry: What’s the point?
20 November 2013
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Press release: The Arms Deal Commission - Seriti commission plagued by delays
20 November 2013
(Press release)
Arms deal: Witnesses escape through 'phase' loophole
8 November 2013
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Q&A: Arms deal critic Paul Holden
8 November 2013
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Arms deal critic slates commission's handling of witness testimonies
7 November 2013
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SA should be magnet for Africa’s best
6 November 2013
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Judgement reserved in Zim torture appeal
4 November 2013
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'Foreign shopkeepers go to SCA'
1 November 2013
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‘Hostility against foreigners on the rise’
1 November 2013
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ID crisis deals heavy blow to teen
28 October 2013
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31% of Home Affairs Online Birth Registration Facilities Offline
28 October 2013
(Press release)
Lawyers axed for lack of loyalty to Seriti
27 October 2013
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Somalis fear South African violence more than war at home
22 October 2013
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Update on Schubart Park
22 October 2013
(Press release)
Foreigners lose spaza shops battle
22 October 2013
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Former Schubart Park residents unhappy with rehousing schedule
22 October 2013
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Arms deal commission hearing "one-sided" evidence, say 'critics'
22 October 2013
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Reach of Rome statute to head back to appeal court
15 October 2013
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Witnesses question arms commission's opaqueness
15 October 2013
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Arms deal inquiry hampered by hidden details
15 October 2013
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Press release: The Arms deal: Seriti Commission must clear the obstacles to truth
14 October 2013
(Press release)
Transparency needed in arms probe: R2K
14 October 2013
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Clampdown on undocumented farmworkers - Pandor
11 October 2013
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Mental health project kicks off in Gauteng
11 October 2013
(Press release)
Public protector lends sympathetic ear to community’s woes
11 October 2013
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Millions of people in SA remain stateless
7 October 2013
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Legal fight goes on for stateless persons
7 October 2013
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Carolina water crisis is a rainstorm away
4 October 2013
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Home Affairs tackles identity theft
3 October 2013
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Poor conditions in SA prisons
1 October 2013
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Pandor stands by decision to invalidate multiple IDs
27 September 2013
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Break the resource curse and share the spoils of mining
25 September 2013
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Locals up in arms over big new mine
25 September 2013
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Zimbabwe Emigrants’ Return Plans Thwarted by Mugabe Victory
23 September 2013
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ID blocking “can create nationality crises”
23 September 2013
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Department of No Home Affairs: Stateless in South Africa
13 September 2013
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Watershed
12 September 2013
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Baphiring land claim thrown a lifeline
10 September 2013
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Villagers take on platinum giant
8 September 2013
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Press statement: Lawyers for Human Rights' appeal upheld in Baphiring land claim
6 September 2013
(Press release)
New NPA head must have clean record
30 August 2013
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Limpopo mining: Dream fields lie fallow under dust
30 August 2013
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Limpopo mining: Dream fields lie fallow under dust
30 August 2013
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Time running out for Zuma
30 August 2013
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Land rights under spotlight at Pan African Parliament
19 August 2013
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Mogoeng impeachment call opposed
14 August 2013
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Statement on the Complaint against the Chief Justice
14 August 2013
(Press release)
Marikana: Justice requires lawyers for the miners
13 August 2013
(Press release)
R1bn land claim: deal or no deal?
11 August 2013
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Malamala price ‘still to be negotiated’
6 August 2013
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Government to pay R1 billion for Mala Mala game reserve
5 August 2013
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SAFM current affairs programme on Limpopo traders
5 August 2013
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Zimbabwean refugees: Between haven and hell
1 August 2013
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Trafficking in Persons Bill signed into law
30 July 2013
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R45 000 for a day’s work
28 July 2013
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African Integration: What do New National IDs in Lesotho and South Africa Mean?
26 July 2013
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Press statement: Judgment reserved in case against discriminatory targeting of foreign traders in Limpopo
25 July 2013
(Press release)
PRESS STATEMENT: LHR to challenge targeting of foreign traders in Limpopo
25 July 2013
(Press release)
Foreign nationals head to court over trading permits in Limpopo
24 July 2013
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Traders want an end police ‘discrimination’
24 July 2013
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Seminar on the future of asylum in South Africa
18 July 2013
(Press release)
PRESS STATEMENT: LHR successful in preventing further unlawful evictions in Atteridgeville
17 July 2013
(Press release)
Legal professionals under threat: Semenya
14 July 2013
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Is SA the largest recipient of asylum-seekers worldwide? The numbers don’t add up
11 July 2013
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Foreigners: Dozens killed, thousands displaced in SA
10 July 2013
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PRESS RELEASE: Court orders City of Tshwane to rebuild Bronkhorstspruit homes after illegal eviction
10 July 2013
(Press release)
Public statement: Amnesty condemns forcible returns to Somalia
3 July 2013
(Press release)
Press statement: NGO statement on international protection at standing committee of high commissioner's programme
26 June 2013
(Press release)
Press release: Concerns on the human rights and humanitarian situation of the stateless Rohingya
24 June 2013
(Press release)
Tshwane may land in court over demolitions
23 June 2013
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Arms commission hires top silks
23 June 2013
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eNCA: Child detention highlighted
22 June 2013
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Press release: LHR/CoRMSA/ACMS screen Invisible Picture Show to highlight concerns about child immigration detention
21 June 2013
(Press release)
Refugees celebrate ruling
21 June 2013
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Press statement: LHR wins fight against closure of PE refugee reception office on World Refugee Day
20 June 2013
(Press release)
Minnesotans demand justice for Somali shop owner killed in South Africa riot
19 June 2013
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‘Stop killing us’
8 June 2013
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LHR PUBLIC STATEMENT: It’s unhelpful to deny that it’s xenophobia
7 June 2013
(Press release)
Solar geysers get a cool reception in Riverlea
7 June 2013
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Xenophobia attacks not over – LHR
7 June 2013
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SA criticised for ‘dismissing’ problem of xenophobia
7 June 2013
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Xenophobia attacks not over: LHR
7 June 2013
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Shocking anti-migrant sentiment exposed
4 June 2013
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Home Affairs Budget Speech, May 2013
30 May 2013
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Arms deal witnesses ‘threatened’
20 May 2013
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Lawyers hope to set land reform precedent
16 May 2013
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MEDIA RELEASE: LHR to set precedent in post-settlement support with Baphiring land claim
3 May 2013
(Press release)
Kids seeking asylum score court victory
3 May 2013
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PRESS RELEASE: LHR and CCL win bid to allow separated refugee children into public school
30 April 2013
(Press release)
South Africa's flawed asylum system
30 April 2013
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South Africa's flawed asylum system
30 April 2013
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Hostel dwellers still live in squalor
29 April 2013
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R85m wasted on building
29 April 2013
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Baphiring land claim back in court
29 April 2013
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Culture of disbelief works against asylum seekers
26 April 2013
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Riverlea to sue state depts, DRD Gold over poisonous dust
26 April 2013
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State's 'refugee border camps' bid challenged
24 April 2013
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MalaMala land claim case heads for Constitutional Court
24 April 2013
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Refugees vs Home Affairs, judgment reserved
20 April 2013
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PRESS RELEASE: Judgment reserved in challenge against closure of PE refugee reception office
20 April 2013
(Press release)
Rockville: The people who 'live in shit'
19 April 2013
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Fight over refugee reception centre in court
19 April 2013
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Port Elizabeth's Refugee centre in court battle
19 April 2013
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PRESS NOTIFICATION: Hearing challenging closure of PE refugee reception office to be heard
18 April 2013
(Press release)
Dream house deluged in sewage
11 April 2013
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Rockville challenges sewerage plant's expansion
10 April 2013
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Abuse at OR Tambo airport alleged
10 April 2013
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LHR mourns the loss of former colleague Soja Legoabe
27 March 2013
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LHR report and exhibition illustrate significant barriers to nationality in SA
27 March 2013
(Press release)
JOINT STATEMENT: Human rights organisations condemn arrest and continued detention of Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa
18 March 2013
(Press release)
SA 'will not extend' Zimbabwean document drive
16 March 2013
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OPINION: Judges sidestep the law and fail to protect the vulnerable
9 March 2013
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Lawyers for Human Rights calls for urgent probe of taxi driver’s death
4 March 2013
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PRESS STATEMENT: LHR condemns alleged police brutality following taxi driver's death in Daveyton
1 March 2013
(Press release)
Challenge to closure of refugee office to be heard
28 February 2013
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Policy shift ‘could lead to refugee camps’
19 February 2013
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Hard line on immigration ‘no answer’
18 February 2013
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Shift in approach to asylum-seekers: LHR report
16 February 2013
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PRESS STATEMENT: LHR and ACMS report reveals major policy shifts in asylum system
15 February 2013
(Press release)
Death penalty put on trial
13 February 2013
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Law to bar foreign ownership of SA farms
13 February 2013
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ConCourt rules residents cannot be evicted without court order
7 February 2013
(Press release)
Analysis: Refugees aim for self reliance, not hand outs
7 February 2013
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Solving statelessness in Southern Africa
31 January 2013
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LHR: Lack of consultation to blame for Sasolburg violence
28 January 2013
(Press release)
Farm workers’ toil rewarded with degrading wages
28 January 2013
(Press release)
Pandor in urgent bid to solve ‘unclaimed’ illegal immigrant problem
28 January 2013
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Press Release: LHR disappointed by minister of home affairs' reaction to situation at Lindela
25 January 2013
(Press release)
Home affairs minister visits Lindela repatriation centre
25 January 2013
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Nightmarishly difficult for some refugee children to go to school
24 January 2013
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New citizenship laws now in effect
22 January 2013
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Home Affairs ‘failing to protect migrant farmworkers’
18 January 2013
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No clarity on scarce skills in country
15 January 2013
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Zimbabwe proposes new border post with SA
9 January 2013
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Press Release: Urgent call for Schubart Park residents to register
9 January 2013
(Press release)
Zimbabweans ordeal at SA's detention centres
7 January 2013
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