SAMNET called for submissions to the SAHRC’s Human Rights and Disinformation Summit. Breaking the cycle cannot be left to politicians, platforms or the wealthy. [...]
A fellowship in Amnesty’s Regional Human Rights Impact programme. The people who shape human rights work later are the ones in the pipeline now. [...]
Daily Maverick traced the claim that Gift of the Givers funds Hamas back to its source and interrogated it. A case study in character assassination — and in how journalism should be done. [...]
SAMNET joins the calls for an immediate end to the fighting in Sudan. Solidarity that only follows the news cycle is not solidarity. [...]
The American Service-Members’ Protection Act of 2002 authorises the use of force to free US and allied personnel held by the ICC — with Israel named among the covered allies. [...]
SAMNET supported an HCW4P campaign asking Discovery to call for the suspension of the Israeli Ministry of Health from the Future of Health organisation, or to withdraw. [...]
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs invited written submissions on the Immigration Amendment Bill [B8–2024]. Calls for comment are the point at which legislation is still movable. [...]
The point of lawfare is not to win the case — it is to make everyone else self-censor. There is no place for hate speech, and no place for hate speech law being used to silence criticism of a state. [...]
Singling out businesses by who owns them has a history in this country. The children suspected of dying from tainted food were found to have died of a chemical in rat poison — long after the narrative had set. [...]
Three women a day, and a femicide rate in the Eastern Cape double every other province. SAMNET reiterates its call for stricter alcohol legislation and enforcement. [...]
In conversation with Mehdi Hasan, John Legend called for conditions on US aid to Israel and pushed back on the dehumanisation of Palestinian children. [...]
Research since 2013 links alcohol directly to domestic and gender-based violence. SAMNET calls for a national dialogue on alcohol legislation and regulation. [...]