The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has decided that a Johannesburg man’s queerphobic religious rant is not hate speech.

EFF leader Julius Malema leads the way in a picket against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill at the Ugandan Embassy in Pretoria.

Human rights organisations and governments around the globe have condemned Uganda’s draconian anti-LGBTIQ+ bill

The hotline initiative is part of a collaboration between Lawyers for Human Rights and the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town.

On 21 March 1960, apartheid police opened fire on people protesting against the pass laws in Sharpeville, south of Gauteng.

Protesters are now shifting to more concerted efforts involving charters that outline their specific demands.

It is illegal to do sex work in South Africa. But this may soon be a thing of the past if a recently published draft bill is passed.

The EFF has called on the AU, SADC and South African government to condemn the atrocities in eSwatini after Thulani Maseko was murdered.

One of SA’s top lawyers says that there is a potential legal case for government to answer on the devastating consequences of load shedding.

AFriForum accused the South African Human Rights commission (SAHRC) of not keeping its promise to take Julius Malema to court for hate speech.

Paul Rusesabagina’s actions during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi were made famous in the 2004 Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda.

‘These young girls disappear and get sent across borders’: Jackie called out alleged human traffickers who pose as influencers.

Steve Hofmeyr has turned up the heat on social media, hitting out at Stellenbosch ‘pee holes’, a ‘black nanny state’ and ‘aid fund looting’.

The blind and visually impaired argue their constitutional rights are violated by outdated laws making mediums like Braille illegal.

NUMSA has used its Human Rights Day message to highlight the plight of the country’s working class and skyrocketing unemployment rate

A man was promptly arrested for violating his house arrest while seeking time away from his wife.

It is confirmed that 50 men that were found in Lenasia are kidnapped citizens from Ethiopia

‘Pulp Fiction’ star Uma Thurman has revealed she had an abortion aged 15 while criticising Texas’s new abortion law in a Washington Post article.

The cat is truly amongst the pigeons here. Research from the HSRC has delved deep into which groups will – and won’t – give up their rights during lockdown.

The right to protest has been severely impacted due to Covid-19 Lockdown regulations that has limited the right to gather publicly.

The law will now make sure that the rights of the LGBTQI community in Angola are protected at all times.

The Trump administration withdrew as a member of the 47-member state council in June 2018, claiming the forum has a “chronic anti-Israel bias.”

Karima, an advocate for independence for her resource-rich region who had been living in exile in Canada since 2016, fled Pakistan the previous year fearing she would be “disappeared” by the authorities as several other rights activists had been.

Article3.org’s Human Rights Global Treasure Award recognises extraordinary contributions to the human rights movement.

The harrowing report gives an account of the trauma both families and soldiers suffer as they describe midnight raids in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Renowned human rights lawyer George Bizos has been hailed for his humility and contribution towards the liberation of the country

The incident sparked outrage amongst South Africans, who accused the City of Cape Town of violating the man’s right to human dignity and also reignited calls against heavy-handedness by law enforcement officials in the country

Many South Africans will ironically be lamenting the loss of freedom due to the national lockdown on Freedom Day.

Voice of the Unborn Baby will challenge the constitution at the Gauteng High Court, to establish parents’ right to bury a foetus.

The day addresses discrimination against girls in all spheres of life

“We should all work to heal the divisions of the past and establish a society based on democratic values.”

Research suggests the number of people participating in anti-immigrant hate crimes for the first time is increasing in South Africa.

According to the South Africa National Human Trafficking Resource Line 11 of the last 18 people rescue from human trafficking were in the Western Cape.

The Democratic Alliance believe Lebogang Maile’s failure to respond to all of the SAHRC’s questions in the Alexandra inquiry is unethical.

The South African Human Rights Commission has been told that a monsterous amount of money is required to turn Alexandra into a liveable settlement.

It will prevent banks from being able to transfer cash to pay off other debts held with them according to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

Pride Month is celebrated annually the world over, in June. These five LGBTQ documentaries will help you better understand the movement.

Botswana’s High Court postpone’s ruling on the decriminalisation of same-sex sexual relations until 11 June, 2019.

The rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex (LGBTI+) African citizens are somewhat murky, depending on the country you live in. Whether it’s life imprisonment, public humiliation and flagellation, or murder – not being “straight” makes the world a tricky place to navigate.

The High Court of Botswana is set to decide on the legalisation of same-sex sexual relations on 14 March. Here what it means for the country.

We stan a queen with human rights ambitions for Africa.

According to Amnesty International, human rights continue to deteriorate. CIVICUS – an umbrella body for a global alliance of civil society organisations – observes that the civil society space is shrinking. Human rights activists and social justice movements face an uphill battle.

What you can and can’t say in South Africa remains a divisive issue. Hate speech and free speech are two entirely different things.

Rugby teams around the world – international and clubs – will be wearing also be wearing the laces as part of an awareness initiative for LGBT+ rights.

Whether it’s working out-of-office hours or cutting lunchbreaks short, South Africans are doing too much unpaid overtime. The numbers are jaw-dropping.

Saudi Arabia has, once again, come under the spotlight for its dubious human rights’ violations.

Assisted dying is in the headlines again after euthanasia advocate Sean Davison was arrested in September 2018 on a charge of murder, relating to helping a friend die.

Sean Davison shot to infamy when he performed a mercy killing on his mother in 2011. Now, he’s been arrested for Euthanasia once more.

A diplomatic crisis may have just been averted.

It follows some very troubling scenes regarding Trump’s “family separation” policy.

Poetry has great power to make an impact. In a poem, written by anti-Apartheid activist Dennis Brutus, he reflects on the harrowing events on 21 March 1960.

It’s good to know what we should all be entitled to…

Swaziland is a small country but that does not make it unimportant. The international community should apply serious pressure on the King’s regime so that it respects human rights and develops a genuinely democratic constitution.

The Eastern Cape has the unwanted distinction of being head and shoulders above every other province in terms of homophobic violence.

This is beyond troubling…

That’s a fair way of putting it, right?

The competition is based on integrity and progressive thought. Miss Universe, it ain’t!

It’s hard to award a prize to esteemed former leaders when so many are determined to die in office.

Despite talking up her visit to the White House, the British PM has been remarkably quiet on the biggest issue of the moment.

The restaurant says same-sex couples are welcome any other night, but just not on Thursdays.

The Western Cape ANC has described an incident in which a woman was transported in a cage on the back of a bakkie in Cradock as offensive.

Human Rights Watch has released a damning report accusing the South African government, and specifically Gwede Mantashe, of dismissing human rights abuses by the Zim government against its own people.

The siege of Aleppo is a mass atrocity with unprecedented levels of visibility.

The Karoo has become a hot spot for human trafficking in recent years and a group of brave runners are hoping to raise awareness about it.

Once upon a time there was a country the majority of whose people were oppressed and systematically discriminated against by a minority regime. The violation of human rights was a structural feature of its system, euphemistically called “separate development”.

South African politicians defend Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir fleeing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, saying the ICC is a bully and targets Africa. A human rights media trainer disagrees.

Hot on the heels of Burundi’s decision to leave the ICC on account of keeping their president in power much longer than their constitution allows, South Africa has officially started the process, making it the 2nd ever country to do so.

Lawyer Mark Oppenheimer says it like it is: The behaviour of students in the #feesmustfall movement are a violation of the Freedom Charter

Steven Anderson is not having a great couple of weeks, after being banned from entering the UK and South Africa and now reportedly being deported by our neighbour, Botswana.

After being barred from entering both the UK and SA; a visibly annoyed Steven Anderson posted on his personal Youtube channel that he wasn’t really looking forward to visiting the “so-called beautiful South Africa”, before proceeding hurl childish insults our way.

Wait… what?

Despite a petition of almost 60 000 signatures, the department of home affairs – which refused the Dalai Lama entry to the country on more than one occasion – has allowed an anti-human rights pastor entry to SA.

As protests against the mismanaged of Zimbabwe continues in the country, footage has emerged of police torturing citizens. Warning: might upset sensitive viewers.

South Africa seems to be building quite the reputation for getting on the wrong side of history, and last week at the United Nations was no different.

In Kenya, where homosexuality is illegal, a court has ruled that forced anal exams do not amount to torture or degrading treatment.

Some guy from Johannesburg has called for gay men to be shot, but what’s worse is that Facebook refused to remove the man’s comment from the public sphere as it hadn’t violated their “community standards.”

South Africa might still have a long way to go to achieve true equality, but to have achieved freedom from the atrocities of apartheid is worth remembering.

Nope, this is not a joke. This Saudi Arabian ‘family therapist’ is the real deal and is just one part of a system of human rights abuse ingrained in many Middle-Eastern cultures.

Police‚ nurses and doctors must be better trained to deal with widespread domestic and gender-based violence that is currently plaguing South Africa, according to the United Nations.

According to the commission, many groups, including women‚ children‚ prisoners‚ indigenous persons‚ non-nationals and protesters are suffering.

In a completely unsurprising move; the country with one of the worst human rights records has put a blanket ban on content that ‘exaggerates the dark side of society’.

Before the vote of no confidence debate was to commence on Tuesday, DA MP Marius Redelinhuys proposed a motion in the house that quite simply solidifies the protections afforded to minority groups, in particular the human rights of the LGBTQI community and foreign nationals.

Despite the African Union’s declaration that 2016 is the Year of Human Rights, a recent report released by Amnesty International shows that many governments in Africa still respond to conflicts and security threats with disregard for international humanitarian law and human rights.

Festus Mogae is probably one of the coolest African leaders you’ll ever meet; not only is he a vocal human rights activist, but the man has a brilliant mind and thorough understanding of good leadership.

Just as Malawi’s justice minister put a temporary ban on anti-homosexuality laws, the spokesperson for the former ruling party demanded that homosexuals be killed.

Well of course the country that regularly executes dissidents would grant the man that murdered 20 000 Ndebele a peace prize…

The country with “arguably the worst record in the world” when it comes to human rights has been given one of the United Nation’s most important human rights oversight roles.

BIC advise all our clients and readers that before proceeding with any kind of UK Visa or Immigration application, to please seek legal advice because failure to do so may seriously jeopardise your application and your right to appeal.

This documentary tells the stories of those who feel like outsiders at Stellenbosch University; people of colour who have experienced racial prejudice and who want their stories heard.

Judge Masipa presented a talk yesterday at Hogan Lovells in London where she gave her views on the role of the judiciary in South Africa. Some tough questions were put to the judge and that was when things became a little sticky.

Pastor Scott Lively, the architect of Uganda’s anti LGBT law and world famous advocate for the criminalisation of homosexuality, is stuck in a court battle that could see him spend life behind bars.

More than 8,000 people have died while being held prisoner by Nigeria’s armed forces in the campaign against Islamist group Boko Haram, many of them deliberately killed, according to Amnesty International.

South Africans enjoy some of the most liberal rights worldwide. Our American counterparts, on the other hand, seem to be fighting an uphill battle for basic human rights.

The Asian Giant’s human rights abuses have ‘intensified to a point not seen in a very long time’, perhaps their waning economic growth is spurring governmental clamp downs.

Terrorists run rampant throughout Nigeria with no sign of slowing, bad luck Jonathan’s governement has no means of fighting them and all the while he imposes laws similar to those Boko Haram themselves would enforce were they in power.

Animal and human rights activist, and famous naturist Pocahontas goes toe to toe with attention-junkies Dookoom in a ‘who inspired humanist ideals better’ showdown.

The fate of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates hangs in the balance, as the South African government, for the third time in a row, has made it very clear that the Dalai Lama should give up on his visa application.