Programme News
23 April 2008
(News)
DESPITE the denials by President Thabo Mbeki and Home Affairs Minister Novisiwe Mapisa-Nqakula, there is a crisis in Zimbabwe; one that threatens to further displace the Zimbabwean people. Both have stated that there is no crisis that warrants any policy or intervention on the part of the government regarding the numbers of people crossing the SA-Zimbabwe border. This intransigent view on the...
11 February 2008
(News)
HUMAN rights issues concerning refugees,immigrants and exiles needed urgent action at all three levels of government,experts said last week during a panel discussion at Wits University. The discussion dealt with the police raid onimmigrants at the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg on January31, as well as the country's immigration policy. The panel highlighted the lack of...
31 January 2008
(Press release)
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) condemns the unlawful and heavy handed police raid on the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg on the 31st January 2008. The raid appeared to be directed at vulnerable homeless persons and persons seeking asylum and sanctuary at the Central Methodist Church.
Many of those arrested are asylum seekers from Zimbabwe who left their country due to ongoing political...
2 August 2007
(Press release)
Lawyers for Human Rights responds to the Department of Home Affairs' press release stating that "virtually no people from Zimbabwe have applied for asylum" in 2007.
5 July 2007
(Press release)
Lawyers for Human Rights condemns the spate of arbitrary arrests of foreign migrants by SAPS officials.
29 June 2007
(Press release)
Lawyers for Human Rights supports a statement issued by Amnesty International and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights stating that human rights issues must be at the centre of any dialogue between the Government of Zimbabwe and the MDC.
14 May 2007
(News)
JOHANNESBURG - Former Zimbabwe oppositionlawmaker Roy Bennett said yesterday he had finally won asylum in South Africa -the first senior Zimbabwe political figure to succeed.The "happy" Bennett, who has been in the countryfor more than a year now, said Home Affairs gave him the asylum papers onFriday after the Refugees Appeal Board overruled a decision by the governmentto deny him...
30 January 2007
(Press release)
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) strongly condemns the heavy-handed and unlawful actions of members of the South African Police Service against foreign nationals in South Africa.
A recent example that was brought to our attention was the arrest of a prominent member of civil society in South Africa. On Friday, 26 January 2007 Emmanuel Hlabangani, a senior consultant with Crisis in Zimbabwe...
28 January 2007
(Press release)
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) strongly condemns the heavy-handed and unlawful actions of members of the South African Police Service against foreign nationals in South Africa. A recent example that was brought to our attention was the arrest of a prominent member of civil society in South Africa. On Friday, 26 January 2007 Emmanuel Hlabangani, a senior consultant with Crisis in Zimbabwe...
3 September 2006
(News)
Illegal immigrants fume at their treatment in Lindela, (Sunday Independent, 2006-09-03) For all its controls and systems, commissions of inquiry and checks on corruption, the repatriation camp fails in many ways to serve the people who are incarcerated there. It's a long way from home, this crowded courtyard in Section B at Lindela repatriation camp outside Krugersdorp. Sadly,...