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No protection in Zim for pangolin, alleged trigger of world’s coronavirus pandemic

by Carmel Rickard | Apr 2, 2020

Scientists increasingly believe that pangolin meat might have been part of the trigger for the deadly coronavirus. In this case the pangolin would have been bought in a typical Chinese market where illegally obtained wildlife has been an everyday element....

Repressive policing law: scathing judgment by Uganda’s constitutional court

by Carmel Rickard | Apr 2, 2020

One of Uganda’s most contentious laws has come under fire by that country’s constitutional court. A particularly repressive section giving the police power to prohibit all public gatherings and protest has been declared unconstitutional and the court’s majority took...

Sentencing pregnant women in Malawi – judge lays down the law

by Carmel Rickard | Apr 2, 2020

The case of a heavily pregnant woman accused of stealing from other women at a shopping centre has given one of Malawi’s judges the chance to re-state the law on sentencing first offenders and those who are pregnant. The judge …Share this:Click to share on...

Thumbs down from Constitutional Court for COVID-19 lockdown challenge

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 30, 2020

No surprises here: the constitutional court, South Africa’s highest judicial forum, has refused an urgent application for direct access from a group that wanted to argue that the COVID-19 lockdown was unlawful. It claimed the virus would not seriously affect...

‘No disaster; no grounds for lockdown’ – bizarre new case launched at Constitutional Court

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 29, 2020

The Hola Bon Renaissance Foundation has launched an application to the Constitutional Court, the highest judicial forum in South Africa. It is asking for direct access to the court so that it may argue that the current lockdown is unconstitutional …Share...
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