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🚨🚨🚨 Our 1st episode of the Civic Space Today podcast (2024 edition) features Advocate Sibusiso Nhlabatsi, shedding light on the assassination of Thulani Maseko and continued calls for justice. He’ll unpack ongoing experiences of HRDs in Eswatini. 9am(CAT) #JusticeForThulani

Happy New Year to all. A good way start 2025: read Makomborero Haruzivishe on what lessons young activists can draw for today from Mandela's legacy of hope. Solidarity is key! shorturl.at/FgWIf

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Today marks two years since the brutal assassination of #ThulaniMaseko, a fearless human rights lawyer and champion of democracy in Eswatini. Thulani was gunned down in front of his family for daring to speak truth to power and demand justice. His unwavering fight against

This week, we are participating at the Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI) in Cape Town, held from February 3rd to 6th. This participation comes on the heels of a solidarity visit to Stilfontein mine, where the we witnessed firsthand the devastating impacts of mining-related

X Space Announcement 📣 Topic: Zimbabwe’s PVO Amendment Act — Lessons from #Tanzania HRDs from Tanzania are joining us to reflect on what we can learn from their experience with similar legislation April 17, 2025 | 6PM CAT 📍x.com/i/spaces/1jMJg… #PVOAct #HumanRights

Join us tonight at 6PM CAT as we draw lessons from Tanzanian human rights defenders about how legislation similar to Zimbabwe’s newly signed #PVOAmendmentAct shape their work. Panel: Olaigwanani-Olengurumwa, Adv Francisca Damian Mboya Raypaaul Host: Mantate Mlotshwa 📍x.com/i/spaces/1jMJg…

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A very insightful and encouraging conversation. Thank you Olaigwanani-Olengurumwa, Adv Paul Kisabo Francisca Damian Mboya and Raypaaul for your time, reflections and recommendations for Zimbabwean organizations. If you missed, don’t worry about it, you can listen to the recording. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

In many of our countries, global standards to fight corruption & terrorism are being repurposed—not to protect, but to control. Civil society is under threat as governments copy restrictive laws. From our Space on Zimbabwe’s #PVOAct. ~ Olaigwanani-Olengurumwa, Adv 🔊 x.com/i/spaces/1jMJg…

"As CSOs try to meet compliance demands, youth- & women-led groups are hit hardest. We need balance between accountability & freedom to operate." ~ Francisca Damian Mboya 🎧 Listen to the full Space on Zimbabwe’s #PVOAct: x.com/i/spaces/1jMJg… #Tanzania #Zimbabwe

#WhatAreYouReading this weekend? Grab a copy of the 2025 edition of Amnesty International’s annual report, "The State of the World’s Human Rights." The report assesses national, regional, and global developments across a wide range of human rights themes, identifying world trends related to

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#Lesotho| We denounce the arbitrary arrest of Lesotho youth activist Ts’olo “Tjekatjeka” Thakeli for speaking out against corruption and injustice. Silencing dissent is not strength—it’s a betrayal of democracy.

Today at 6PM (CAT)📌 Join us! The link to the space is on our pinned tweet.

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Thank you everyone for joining us today. If you missed the conversation, you can listen to the recording. We encourage you to continue monitoring the progress of Ts’olo’s case (Lesotho), and to amplify it as the infringement of his right to hold the government accountable.

youtu.be/SV17KeGI_aw?si… Today, we remember with grief the mass killings of opposition and civil society activists (at least 300) by ZANU PF militia in the run-up to the bloody June 2008 elections. Heal Zimbabwe Trust Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Amnesty International Zimbabwe Human Rights Watch ZimEye ZimLive LynneM 💕💝💎 SouthernDefenders