Programme News
1 August 2006
(News)
In the first case of its kind in the world, refugees from across Africa have approached the Constitutional Court to help them gain access to the private security industry. But the matter before the court is about more than just refugees who want to be security guards. "To my knowledge, before the court was approached, no other court, either in South Africa or any other jurisdiction in the...
31 May 2006
(News)
This year South Africa celebrates its Constitution’s tenth anniversary. Under its guidance, the country has made remarkable advances in overcoming past injustices and creating a country that respects the rights of all its residents. But judging by how well it protects the most vulnerable members of our society—including refugees and asylum seekers—South Africa still has a long way to go. Indeed,...
30 May 2006
(News)
Indien mnr. Roy Bennett, bekende Zimbabwiese opposisielid, 'n regverdige verhoor kry van Suid- Afrika se onafhanklike appèlraad, sal hy ingevolge die wet "baie beslis" as politieke vlugteling kwalifiseer, meen Bennett en sy regsverteenwoordiger.
Dít kan verreikende implikasies hê vir honderdduisende Zimbabwiërs wat om politieke redes na Suid-Afrika gevlug het of graag hier sou...
26 May 2006
(News)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA May 26 2006 12:08South Africahas decided against granting asylum to white Zimbabwean opposition politicianRoy Bennett, who fled his country two months ago amid fears for his life, hislawyers said on Friday.
Bennett, a former member of Parliament for theopposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), sought asylum in South Africain March after Zimbabwean police sought...
4 April 2005
(Press release)
In a letter to the Minister of Home Affairs yesterday Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) demanded the release by 16:00h today of some 20 asylum seekers and refugees who are being detained at the Lindela Repatriation Centre.
Lawyers for Human Rights has successfully secured the release of some 20 asylum seekers and refugees who were in detention at the Lindela Repatriation Centre.
In a letter to...
3 November 2004
(News)
Refugee horror exposed Hearing told of death, torture and sodomy By Jonathan Ancer and Shaun Smillie They come here seeking a better life, but many of them end up beaten, detained - or in a mortuary. At a hearing into xenophobia yesterday, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) accused the government of not living up to its international obligations to protect foreigners...
8 September 2004
(Press release)
An urgent application will be brought before the Pretoria High Court today by the Centre for Child Law and the court-appointed curator ad litem for 13 unaccompanied foreign children. The main purpose of the application is get a court order to force the Department of Social Development’s bring the children, presently detained in Dyambo Youth Centre, before the Krugersdorp Children’s Court in order...
13 August 2004
(Press release)
The protection and care of unaccompanied foreign children came under the spotlight today in the Pretoria High Court. In a precedent-setting judgment, Judge Annemarie de Vos castigated the “apathy” of government officials who had failed to act in accordance with South Africa’s Constitution, statutory law and their own stated policy and were also in breach of international law.
The judgment...
22 April 2003
(Press release)
In the matter of Lawyers for Human Rights and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and others, LHR acting in the public interest, won an important legal victory today in the Pretoria High Court in which Judge Ben du Plessis declared core aspects of the new Immigration Act concerning the arrest and detention of foreigners unconstitutional. The judgment is a milestone in that it confirms and protects...
25 March 2002
(Press release)
Lawyers for Human Rights won a landmark case against the Department of Home Affairs and the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) yesterday. LHR approached the court yesterday in an attempt to prevent the Australian authorities from deporting a political asylum seeker from Australia via South Africa to a country where he fears persecution and torture and to allow its client to apply for asylum...