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“Not in our name!” says Eswatini activists opposing shadow US deportation planes - Southern Africa Litigation Centre
Mbabane, Eswatini: 14 August 2025: The Eswatini Litigation Centre (ELC), alongside Mzwandile Banele Masuku, the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA), and ...
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Eswatini activists filed an urgent application in the Courts of Eswatini to declare the deportation agreement between Eswatini and the United States unconstitutional.
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Disinformation has real consequences. SA’s 2021 unrest showed how online incitement can cost lives. On this #16DaysOfActivism, we must confront digital violence + unchecked hate that puts communities at risk. #EndDigitalViolence #StopHateOnline #SALC
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December 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Disinformation has real consequences. SA’s 2021 unrest showed how online incitement can cost lives. On this #16DaysOfActivism, we must confront digital violence + unchecked hate that puts communities at risk. #EndDigitalViolence #StopHateOnline #SALC
tinyurl.com/3529e98x
tinyurl.com/3529e98x
Barrier: LGBTQI+ women are disproportionately targeted with online hate speech, harassment, and threats, a digital extension of societal discrimination. Criminalisation and lack of legal protection leave them especially vulnerable.
#16DaysOfActivism #PluralismAward2025
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#16DaysOfActivism #PluralismAward2025
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Legal strategies addressing hate speech and hate crimes in Botswana
YouTube video by SALC: Southern Africa Litigation Centre
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December 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Barrier: LGBTQI+ women are disproportionately targeted with online hate speech, harassment, and threats, a digital extension of societal discrimination. Criminalisation and lack of legal protection leave them especially vulnerable.
#16DaysOfActivism #PluralismAward2025
youtu.be/DUXx7M21muk
#16DaysOfActivism #PluralismAward2025
youtu.be/DUXx7M21muk
SALC, in partnership with LEGABIBO, Just Detention International, and MISA Regional, is hosting a Regional Webinar on tackling hate speech, practical tools, regional strategies, and community-led solutions to protect vulnerable groups.
🕒 9 Dec 2025 | 11:00 SAST
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/3umwcyeu
🕒 9 Dec 2025 | 11:00 SAST
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/3umwcyeu
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
SALC, in partnership with LEGABIBO, Just Detention International, and MISA Regional, is hosting a Regional Webinar on tackling hate speech, practical tools, regional strategies, and community-led solutions to protect vulnerable groups.
🕒 9 Dec 2025 | 11:00 SAST
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/3umwcyeu
🕒 9 Dec 2025 | 11:00 SAST
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/3umwcyeu
Yesterday, SALC met with colleagues from the Gender Negotiations and LGBT+ Rights Teams within the Gender, Equalities and Rights Department of the Education at the UK Foreign Office, during their recent visit to Botswana, exchanging perspectives on the rights of LGBTIQ+ people.
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Yesterday, SALC met with colleagues from the Gender Negotiations and LGBT+ Rights Teams within the Gender, Equalities and Rights Department of the Education at the UK Foreign Office, during their recent visit to Botswana, exchanging perspectives on the rights of LGBTIQ+ people.
Other laureates from Mexico, Brazil & Slovakia are driving change! Building pluralism through economic justice, empowering marginalised communities.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Other laureates from Mexico, Brazil & Slovakia are driving change! Building pluralism through economic justice, empowering marginalised communities.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
SALC's Anneke had a joint meeting with Colombia Diversa and Egale Canada, discussing LGBTQIA+ litigation, at the Global Centre for Pluralism
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
SALC's Anneke had a joint meeting with Colombia Diversa and Egale Canada, discussing LGBTQIA+ litigation, at the Global Centre for Pluralism
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
Still in Canada for the Global Centre for Pluralism Award, SALC's Director, Anneke, had a great meeting with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Still in Canada for the Global Centre for Pluralism Award, SALC's Director, Anneke, had a great meeting with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
Yesterday, the laureates were in a Reception hosted by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Yesterday, the laureates were in a Reception hosted by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
Repost from our partner Art & Global Health Center Africa on 🙌 Ending digital violence against women & girls 👩💻🚫 #16DaysOfActivism #EndGenderBasedViolence
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Repost from our partner Art & Global Health Center Africa on 🙌 Ending digital violence against women & girls 👩💻🚫 #16DaysOfActivism #EndGenderBasedViolence
The Global Centre for Pluralism showed us what pluralism looks like: bold voices, real dialogue, and shared purpose.
#SALCat20 #pluralismaward2025
#SALCat20 #pluralismaward2025
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The Global Centre for Pluralism showed us what pluralism looks like: bold voices, real dialogue, and shared purpose.
#SALCat20 #pluralismaward2025
#SALCat20 #pluralismaward2025
In today’s digital age, non-consensual sharing of intimate images or deepfakes is a powerful tool for shaming and violating women’s privacy.
Our fight for digital justice will not stop until no woman’s image is weaponised without her consent.
tinyurl.com/ehwu23jk
#EndDigitalViolence
Our fight for digital justice will not stop until no woman’s image is weaponised without her consent.
tinyurl.com/ehwu23jk
#EndDigitalViolence
SALC Submission on the Computer Crime and Cybercrime Bill, 2020
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) filed written submissions in the Parliament of Eswatini.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
In today’s digital age, non-consensual sharing of intimate images or deepfakes is a powerful tool for shaming and violating women’s privacy.
Our fight for digital justice will not stop until no woman’s image is weaponised without her consent.
tinyurl.com/ehwu23jk
#EndDigitalViolence
Our fight for digital justice will not stop until no woman’s image is weaponised without her consent.
tinyurl.com/ehwu23jk
#EndDigitalViolence
A proud moment for SALC in Ottawa as our work and partners are recognised for driving real change by the Global Pluralism.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
A proud moment for SALC in Ottawa as our work and partners are recognised for driving real change by the Global Pluralism.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
SALC’s Bradley Fortuin moderated the opening plenary session at the 7th Pan Africa ILGA Conference, focusing on “Confronting the Backlash: Defending Rights in Hostile Times.”
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SALC’s Bradley Fortuin moderated the opening plenary session at the 7th Pan Africa ILGA Conference, focusing on “Confronting the Backlash: Defending Rights in Hostile Times.”
Persons with disabilities in Malawi face harsh realities on the streets due to laws criminalising begging. Advocates push for change.
" The government is obligated to protect these individuals."- SALC's Vivian Kasunda
#DisabilityRights #Malawi #SocialJustice
" The government is obligated to protect these individuals."- SALC's Vivian Kasunda
#DisabilityRights #Malawi #SocialJustice
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Persons with disabilities in Malawi face harsh realities on the streets due to laws criminalising begging. Advocates push for change.
" The government is obligated to protect these individuals."- SALC's Vivian Kasunda
#DisabilityRights #Malawi #SocialJustice
" The government is obligated to protect these individuals."- SALC's Vivian Kasunda
#DisabilityRights #Malawi #SocialJustice
Day 2 — 16 Days of Activism
From online hate marginalised communities face a daily minefield.
Feminist and queer movements are using tech to resist, but without real protections, the digital world will keep reproducing exclusion.
Writes SALC's Bradley
Read here: tinyurl.com/ehwu23jk
From online hate marginalised communities face a daily minefield.
Feminist and queer movements are using tech to resist, but without real protections, the digital world will keep reproducing exclusion.
Writes SALC's Bradley
Read here: tinyurl.com/ehwu23jk
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Day 2 — 16 Days of Activism
From online hate marginalised communities face a daily minefield.
Feminist and queer movements are using tech to resist, but without real protections, the digital world will keep reproducing exclusion.
Writes SALC's Bradley
Read here: tinyurl.com/ehwu23jk
From online hate marginalised communities face a daily minefield.
Feminist and queer movements are using tech to resist, but without real protections, the digital world will keep reproducing exclusion.
Writes SALC's Bradley
Read here: tinyurl.com/ehwu23jk
“A different future is possible, but only if we fight for the reforms that make pluralism real, not rhetorical.”
SALC at the Global Centre for Pluralism Awards.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
tinyurl.com/mtnr77xy
SALC at the Global Centre for Pluralism Awards.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
tinyurl.com/mtnr77xy
The 2025 Global Pluralism Award Ceremony
YouTube video by Global Pluralism Award
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
“A different future is possible, but only if we fight for the reforms that make pluralism real, not rhetorical.”
SALC at the Global Centre for Pluralism Awards.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
tinyurl.com/mtnr77xy
SALC at the Global Centre for Pluralism Awards.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
tinyurl.com/mtnr77xy
The DIG team is spotlighting how SALC CHREAA used legal empowerment research to improve police accountability in Malawi.
SALC's Anneke shares how participatory action research strengthened community trust.
This is part of why SALC is getting the Global Pluralism Award.
tinyurl.com/mtte5tnv
SALC's Anneke shares how participatory action research strengthened community trust.
This is part of why SALC is getting the Global Pluralism Award.
tinyurl.com/mtte5tnv
A Common Pot: Stories and Recipes for Grassroots Justice | Podcast | Episode 5 , Vagabonds in Power feat. CHREAA and SALC
In this episode, our final episode of the season, we’re going to the streets of Malawi, where some communities face police brutality on a daily basis.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The DIG team is spotlighting how SALC CHREAA used legal empowerment research to improve police accountability in Malawi.
SALC's Anneke shares how participatory action research strengthened community trust.
This is part of why SALC is getting the Global Pluralism Award.
tinyurl.com/mtte5tnv
SALC's Anneke shares how participatory action research strengthened community trust.
This is part of why SALC is getting the Global Pluralism Award.
tinyurl.com/mtte5tnv
SALC's @atillakisla.bsky.social Kisla writing in Africa Briefing on South Africa's arms exports, the double standards and the consequences of irresponsible arms transfers, Check out full article here: lnkd.in/dWSNy8wc
SALC's Report: lnkd.in/dYUkGDmf
#MadeinSA #TheGreatHypocrisy #PeaceOverProfit
SALC's Report: lnkd.in/dYUkGDmf
#MadeinSA #TheGreatHypocrisy #PeaceOverProfit
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
SALC's @atillakisla.bsky.social Kisla writing in Africa Briefing on South Africa's arms exports, the double standards and the consequences of irresponsible arms transfers, Check out full article here: lnkd.in/dWSNy8wc
SALC's Report: lnkd.in/dYUkGDmf
#MadeinSA #TheGreatHypocrisy #PeaceOverProfit
SALC's Report: lnkd.in/dYUkGDmf
#MadeinSA #TheGreatHypocrisy #PeaceOverProfit
Day 1 — 16 Days of Activism
Barrier: Online Harassment & Gendered Abuse
Women journalists across Southern Africa face escalating digital attacks meant to silence their voices.
SALC continues to challenge policing failures and defend freedom of expression.
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/bdfr77fn
Barrier: Online Harassment & Gendered Abuse
Women journalists across Southern Africa face escalating digital attacks meant to silence their voices.
SALC continues to challenge policing failures and defend freedom of expression.
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/bdfr77fn
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Day 1 — 16 Days of Activism
Barrier: Online Harassment & Gendered Abuse
Women journalists across Southern Africa face escalating digital attacks meant to silence their voices.
SALC continues to challenge policing failures and defend freedom of expression.
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/bdfr77fn
Barrier: Online Harassment & Gendered Abuse
Women journalists across Southern Africa face escalating digital attacks meant to silence their voices.
SALC continues to challenge policing failures and defend freedom of expression.
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/bdfr77fn
Did you know?
Pluralism is about seeing and valuing our diverse lived experiences and making decisions that include everyone.
SALC is proud to be recognised with the Global Pluralism Award for our work advancing justice and inclusion across southern Africa.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
Pluralism is about seeing and valuing our diverse lived experiences and making decisions that include everyone.
SALC is proud to be recognised with the Global Pluralism Award for our work advancing justice and inclusion across southern Africa.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Did you know?
Pluralism is about seeing and valuing our diverse lived experiences and making decisions that include everyone.
SALC is proud to be recognised with the Global Pluralism Award for our work advancing justice and inclusion across southern Africa.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
Pluralism is about seeing and valuing our diverse lived experiences and making decisions that include everyone.
SALC is proud to be recognised with the Global Pluralism Award for our work advancing justice and inclusion across southern Africa.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
Day 1 of Award Week. 📷
Laureates are finally at the 2025 Global Centre for Pluralism Award here at the Centre, connecting, creating, and digging into workshops that spark new ideas and shared possibilities.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
Laureates are finally at the 2025 Global Centre for Pluralism Award here at the Centre, connecting, creating, and digging into workshops that spark new ideas and shared possibilities.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Day 1 of Award Week. 📷
Laureates are finally at the 2025 Global Centre for Pluralism Award here at the Centre, connecting, creating, and digging into workshops that spark new ideas and shared possibilities.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
Laureates are finally at the 2025 Global Centre for Pluralism Award here at the Centre, connecting, creating, and digging into workshops that spark new ideas and shared possibilities.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
SALC's Executive Director, Anneke, has just arrived at the Global Centre for Pluralism in Ottawa, joining fellow laureates from around the world as we kick off this year’s Award events.
We’re honoured to stand alongside such visionary organisations.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
We’re honoured to stand alongside such visionary organisations.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
SALC's Executive Director, Anneke, has just arrived at the Global Centre for Pluralism in Ottawa, joining fellow laureates from around the world as we kick off this year’s Award events.
We’re honoured to stand alongside such visionary organisations.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
We’re honoured to stand alongside such visionary organisations.
#GlobalPluralismAward2025 #SALCat20
SALC is thrilled to be heading to Ottawa this week for the 2025 @globalpluralism.bsky.social Award ceremony! We are deeply honoured to stand alongside fellow outstanding initiatives receiving honourable mentions. #GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
SALC is thrilled to be heading to Ottawa this week for the 2025 @globalpluralism.bsky.social Award ceremony! We are deeply honoured to stand alongside fellow outstanding initiatives receiving honourable mentions. #GlobalPluralismAward2025 #salcat20
"The fight is about our sovereignty, and the fight is about our democratic values and democratic institutions. And we must stop the global north from treating us as a dumping ground," Melusi Simelane, questioning the Eswatini Government, as we await the court ruling!
youtube.com/shorts/UMkXO...
youtube.com/shorts/UMkXO...
Eswatini Government to come clean on the unconstitutional deal struck with the Trump Administration.
YouTube video by SALC: Southern Africa Litigation Centre
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November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"The fight is about our sovereignty, and the fight is about our democratic values and democratic institutions. And we must stop the global north from treating us as a dumping ground," Melusi Simelane, questioning the Eswatini Government, as we await the court ruling!
youtube.com/shorts/UMkXO...
youtube.com/shorts/UMkXO...
On Eswatini Observer, SALC's Melusi Simelane urges the Speaker of Parliament to form an ad hoc committee to investigate the ‘unconstitutional’ US-Eswatini agreement.
Conflicting statements from the Prime Minister and the Treasury on financial benefits demand transparency and accountability.
Conflicting statements from the Prime Minister and the Treasury on financial benefits demand transparency and accountability.
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
On Eswatini Observer, SALC's Melusi Simelane urges the Speaker of Parliament to form an ad hoc committee to investigate the ‘unconstitutional’ US-Eswatini agreement.
Conflicting statements from the Prime Minister and the Treasury on financial benefits demand transparency and accountability.
Conflicting statements from the Prime Minister and the Treasury on financial benefits demand transparency and accountability.