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Human Rights On the Air
Bessa BoSPECIAL FEATURE - Every month, the half-hour radio show tackles another human rights topic. For some, it's their first exposure to the rights and laws that protect them under the Namibian Constitution, the Child Maintenance Act and the Rape Act. To the Ju/'hoansi speaking people of Tsumkwe, it's also making learning easy. With an adult literacy rate of 16 per cent, radio helps empower and educate by listening instead of reading.

Other stories - Special Features:
Hofni Seeks Justice After Shooting
Kicked out, Kaalina Fights for Her Home

Sex Workers Searching for Legal Safety

Nam urged to break ties with Mugabe
24/06/2008: Pressure is mounting on President Hifikepunye Pohamba to sever diplomatic ties with Zimbabwe following the deepening political crisis in that country. Yesterday, Namibian political parties and NGO organisations, such as the LAC, joined international condemnation of President Robert Mugabe government, calling the leader's regime "illegitimate".


Others articles - In the News:
Court halts expropriation of four Namibian farms - 07/08/2008
Forgotten Farmworkers Still Waiting - 24/08/2007
LAC urges government to declare health sector a 'disaster area' - 19/07/07

LAC ALARMED BY LACK OF ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION OBSERVERS
PRESS RELEASES: The Legal Assistance Centre learned with disappointment of the failure, refusal or neglect by the Zimbabwean Government to process the application of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Lawyers Association to observe the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe.

Other Press Releases:
Sex in jails: Fact not fiction
Health Experts Call for “Major Shift” in Global AIDS Response -
LAC deeply concerned about the growing child sexual abuse in Namibia


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