UAE’s Notorious Penal Code Limiting Free Speech Has Severe Implications for Expats including South Africans
South African expats residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), be warned: overzealous securocrats in the Gulf oligarchies are watching you and all foreign migrants, ready to pounce if you dare to criticise any of its allies. Fear has gripped foreigners who are...
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Is the ICC decision to investigate Israel for war crimes a game changer?
In a historic departure after receiving more than 9,000 complaints about alleged crimes in more than 139 countries, the ICC has shifted its singular gaze from Africa to investigate Israel for war crimes committed against the Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and...
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Calling on South Africa to grant Visa free travel access for Palestinians
A year after South Africa became a unitary, non racial democracy, it established full diplomatic relations with Palestine. A few years later (1997), the father of the nation Nelson Mandela acknowledged that “our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of...
Tug of War over British colonised Chagos Islands — US Military Base in Occupied Diego Garcia part of Storm.
The British government is outraged by the latest ruling of the Maritime Law Tribunal of the United Nations which dismissed Britain's claims of sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. In a harsh rebuke of Britain's failure to comply with an earlier ruling by the...
Commemoration Programme Honouring the life of Ibrahim Vawda
Join us as we pay Tribute to the life of our Teacher, Human Rights, and Community Activist. Event Details 6 February 2021 15h00 - 16h45 GMT +2 Programme will include Quran Recitation, Talks, and Dua. Speakers include: International Guest Speaker - Miriam Mohammed...
A victory for Palestinian Solidary regarding the abuse of antisemitism label.
Media Review Network - South Africa hails the concise ruling of the Press Ombudsman in relation to the matter of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Coalition (SA BDS Coalition) & General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) vs the South African Jewish...