by laura | Dec 11, 2015 | Africa, Human Rights
By Henning Melber, ICWS Senior Fellow ONCE upon a time, anti-colonial movements were fighting for human rights against oppression and injustice. Representatives of these agencies claimed a moral high ground. As the “Wretched of the Earth” they expected and demanded...
by chloe | Jun 14, 2018 | Africa, Human Rights
by Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow Ruth First (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) is today recognised as one of South Africa’s revolutionary heroes. She was a radical journalist, educator and member of the Communist Party. Her papers are held by the Institute of...
by Jack Saffery-Rowe | Jul 22, 2016 | Africa, Human Rights
by Martin Plaut, ICWS Senior Research Fellow On Friday 27th of May this year South Africa’s state owned broadcaster – the SABC – announced that it would will no longer broadcast footage of people destroying public property during protests. The SABC’s Chief Operating...
by Jack Saffery-Rowe | Jul 20, 2016 | Africa, Human Rights
by Professor Henning Melber, ICWS Senior Research Fellow and Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria The world has edged closer to placing the same value on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people as it does on human...
by chloe | Feb 22, 2016 | Africa, Human Rights, The Commonwealth
By Dr Eva Namusoke, Postdoctoral Research Officer, ICWS The 18th February saw long-anticipated elections in Uganda, where the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) faced his stiffest opposition in his 30 years in office. With...
by laura | Nov 27, 2015 | Human Rights, The Commonwealth
by Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, ICWS Newly-released documents show that in 1985, the PM wrote to the Foreign Office seeking action on the Marxist and pro-Soviet regime in Ethiopia. Towards the end of 1985, at the height of the worst famine in modern Ethiopian...
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