Posts in the News Briefs Category at The Southern African Liaison Office, Page 82

Africa – 26 June 2014

Egypt hands Al Jazeera reporters jail sentences Three Al Jazeera journalists have received sentences of seven to 10 years each

Mswati Should Be Ashamed of Himself for Stealing Swazi Gold The Swaziland Solidarity Network [SSN] has been receiving information on

ZEC says individuals have no right to access voters roll The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said the Electoral Act

Open letter to African Union heads of state – ‘Its time to focus on people’ Judging from the daily outpouring

Paper Defies Court Over Sources The Swazi Observer newspaper has refused to disclose to the Swaziland High Court its sources

Zim immigrant afraid of reporting rape for fear of being deported A Zimbabwean woman living in South Africa says she

The foreign minister spells out Pretoria’s policy of opening up trade with neighbours. Minister of International Relations and Co-operation Maite

U.N. Experts Denounce Ongoing Detention and Trial of Human Rights Defenders in Swaziland A group of independent United Nations experts

Zimbabwe court scraps defamation law used to curb press HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s highest court has scrapped a criminal defamation

Amnesty International delegation on working visit to occupied territories of Western Sahara An Amnesty International delegation paid a working visit