For Immediate Release 8 January 2022 Concerned parents and the LRC demand delivery of stationery and textbooks for all Eastern Cape Schools MAKHANDA — Thousands of Eastern Cape schools are still without stationery and textbooks going into their fourth week of the school year. The Legal Resources Centre has sent a letter of demand to […]
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News, Press Releases
2 February 2022 – Will the Constitutional Court rule in favour of the provision of adequate and equitable policing resources in townships and informal settlements?
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For Immediate Release 2 February 2022 Will the Constitutional Court rule in favour of the provision of adequate and equitable policing resources in townships and informal settlements? JOHANNESBURG – Tomorrow, the Constitutional Court will hear the matter of the Social Justice Coalition and Others v The Minister of Police. The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is […]
Media Statement, News
24 January 2022 – LRC statement on the interrogation of Indonesian human rights defenders
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In Indonesia in 2021, human rights defenders were subjected to 95 attacks. These human rights activists were becoming more and more vocal in response to increasing numbers of human rights violations. These included a shrinking civic space, criminalisation of free speech, cyber attacks on civil society, violations of freedom of religion and other fundamental rights, […]
News, Press Releases
19 January 2022 – Amicus intervention for civil society and indigenous groups that seek to stop controversial development in Cape Town
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For Immediate Release 19 January 2022 Amicus intervention for civil society and indigenous groups that seek to stop controversial development in Cape Town CAPE TOWN — The Legal Resources Centre will be in the Western Cape High Court today as Amicus Curiae in the matter of the Observatory Civic Association and Others v Trustees for the Time Being of Liesbeek […]