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Pambazuka News 634: Walter Rodney, unfinished liberation and compensation for Africa
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Two years later uprisings continue in Tunisia and Egypt

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:10
Neo-colonialism and the struggle for genuine democracy and national unity 2013-02-20 The current struggles in Egypt and Tunisia must take into account the historical lessons of imperialist intervention and destabilization to create the conditions for genuine political and economic independence

Africa Contact condemns severe punishment of Saharawi human rights activists

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:10
2013-02-20 Africa Contact strongly condemns the harsh and unjust sentences given February 17 by a Moroccan military court to 24 Saharawis - Western Sahara's indigenous population - just for demanding the right to live in their own country without Moroccan occupation and discrimination

Breakthrough enables individual complaints on economic, social and cultural rights

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:10
2013-02-20 The Protocol makes a strong and unequivocal statement about the equal value and importance of all human rights and the need for strengthened legal protection of economic, social and cultural rights in particular

British MPs: Sentencing of Western Sahara activists “travesty of justice”

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:10
2013-02-21 Several British MP’s have joined prominent campaigners including film director Ken Loach in condemning the sentencing of 24 Saharawi activists by a military tribunal in Morocco at the weekend. In a letter published in the Guardian newspaper, the Members of Parliament describe the sentences, most of which ranged from 20 years to life imprisonment as “a travesty of justice”.

Burundian government must stop harassing civil society and media

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:10
2013-02-20 CIVICUS, the global civil society network, and the Ligue des Droits de la personne dans la région des Grandes Lacs (LDGL), warn about rising levels of harassment of civil society activists and journalists in Burundi. They urge the Government of Burundi to respect its constitutional and international law obligations on human rights.

Eradicating dissent in post-Mubarak Egypt

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:10
Civil society face new repressive laws 2013-02-20 International NGOs would not be allowed to settle and activate in Egypt without prior authorisation. Receiving foreign government funding, directly or indirectly, would be flatly prohibited

Statement concerning assassination of Chokri Belaid

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:10
2013-02-20 This assassination aims at silencing voices fighting for dignity, freedom and social justice; it aims to create a climate of fear and hatred and to push Tunisia towards a cycle of violence

Zuma targets protesters while taking no serious action on violence against women

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:10
2013-02-20 Our country is reeling with shock at the ongoing rape and violence against women, rich women and poor women, white women and black women, by men of all races and classes. And our country is reeling in shock at the levels of corruption. The trial of the Mpsiane's in KwaZulu-Natal has shown just how extreme the situation has become in terms of government corruption. But we are also reeling in shock from the corruption scandals around MTN, the construction cartel and other big corporates that have even go so far as to fix the price of bread. We would have expected a decent President to announce special courts to deal with rape and violence against women. We would have expected a decent President to announce special courts to deal with corruption. Instead we get special courts for protesters! Zuma is more like Ben Ali or Mubarak than a true representative of the people. His conduct in his own rape trial was shocking. No one could ever say that he is a leader that has the moral authority to take a stand against corruption. He has militarised the police and said nothing when poor people's movements are openly repressed by the police and the ANC. Now he pretends that violence is coming from protesters when we all know that in most cases it is the police that bring violence into the equation. There is a very long list of protesters that have been killed by the police since 2000. In fact the number stands at more than 70! What kind of democracy is this where the police can kill more than 70 protesters? CONTACT Ayanda Kota 078 625 6462 (Spokesperson, UPM Eastern Cape) Motsi Khokhoma 073 490 76 23 (Spokesperson, UPM Free State)

The OAU/AU and the question of Western Sahara

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 06:10
2013-02-27 The continental body, which admitted Western Sahara to its membership in 1982, has consistently defended the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence. But Morocco has always proved to be cunning.


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