May 13 2011 at 02:20pm
By Craig Dodds
SABC
Andries Tatane clutches his chest after police shot him with rubber bullets; he collapsed and died about 20minutes later, before an ambulance could arrive. Read the rest of this entry »
Media: Amnesty red flag police brutality
17 05 2011SABC
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Tags: Amnesty International, Andries Tatane, Ficksburg, police brutality
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Amnesty International statement on AbM attacks
18 12 2009South Africa: Failure to conduct impartial investigation into Kennedy Road violence is leading to further human rights abuses
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC DOCUMENT AI Index: AFR 53/011/2009
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Amnesty International deplores the continuing failure of the South African authorities to investigate impartially and fully human rights abuses which occurred during and after armed violence at the Kennedy Road Informal Settlement (Kennedy Road) in Durban last September. This despite repeated calls since October for an independent and impartial commission of inquiry into the surrounding circumstances and extent of the violence and its aftermath. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Abahlali baseMjondolo, Amnesty International, impartial investigation, Kennedy Road, South African Human Rights Commission
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Media: Nairobi slum residents speak out against eviction
10 06 2009SUSAN NJANJI | NAIROBI, KENYA – Jun 10 2009 09:47
Source: M&G
The 19-year-old leans against a rusty metal wall at his school in a Nairobi slum, pondering the government’s plan to tear down the building as part of a new round of forced evictions.
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Tags: Amnesty International, Ben Ogada, forced eviction, Korogocho Glory School, mass evictions, Nairobi
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Media: Thousands evicted from church land in Angola
24 03 2009
MICHELLE FAUL | LUANDA, ANGOLA – Mar 24 2009 08:07
Source: Mail & Guardian
Even as Pope Benedict XVI said on Monday his heart cannot be at peace while people are homeless, critics used his Africa pilgrimage to highlight the plight of thousands violently evicted from land owned by the Catholic church.
Amnesty International appealed to Benedict during his visit to the Southern Africa country to press its government for full compensation for the families who have been forced from church land since 2004. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Amnesty International, Angola, Catholic Church, evictions, Luanda, Pope Benedict XVI, Wenji Maki
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