The United Nations rights chief has called on Zambia to stop arbitrary arrests and uphold the rights of all those detained. The statement from UN High Commissioner Volker Türk follows reports of arrests and detention of opposition figures in Zambia before and after Thursday’s election.
South Africa says it’s putting infrastructure development at the centre of its agenda as chair of the Southern African Development Community.
Melissa Murphy’s letters to the prisoner along with a photo of him she kept in her bedroom were found when police searched her home.
He said his motivation for this was 'because I love her and I want to see her.'
A WAV has been fundamental to my freedom and independence, enabling me to go to work and pursue my hobbies.
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
'He is given less years in prison than what he spent abusing. The courts just don’t seem able to deliver proper sentences.'
Two prisoners who were accidentally released in the past three weeks are still on the run,Justice Secretary David Lammy has revealed.
David Lammy said juries will be replaced with single judges for ‘either-way’ offences likely to result in a sentence of three years or less.
'He deliberately drove across the street intending to kill someone – and that is what happened.'
The latest report from the Angiolini Inquiry included a powerful statement from the mother of Sarah Everard, Susan.
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