Invitation to a PRESS CONFERENCE, From State Capture to a Police State: The Application of Human Rights Precepts to the Emergence of a Return to a Police State in South Africa
INOVAS, within the framework of UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, condemns torture as a degrading act, currently practiced by states and governments across the world. INOVAS considers torture an abhorrent crime that is an affront to human dignity, that should be criminalised so that its prepetrators are prosecuted. It is a … Read more
We, the undersigned human rights defenders, civil society organisations and victims’ associations comprising the International Network of Victims and Survivors of Serious Human Rights Abuses (INOVAS) strongly condemn the Israeli government’s ongoing aggression towards Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah district. We stand in solidarity with the decades-long Palestinian struggle against the Israeli occupation … Read more
We, the undersigned human rights defenders, civil society organisations and victims’ associations comprising the International Network of Victims and Survivors of Serious Human Rights Abuses (INOVAS), strongly condemn the ongoing repressive conduct of the Colombian government in the face of legitimate protests by the Colombian people calling for social justice, human rights and peace.
FALSE AND/OR CRIMINALLY FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION Since 27 April 2019, any claim by MS S R GUNN, MS J A SEIDMAN and MS N BONASE, “the dismissed and expelled individuals”, to be members of and/or to represent Khulumani Support Group is false and, depending on circumstances, could constitute criminally fraudulent misrepresentation. Following dissatisfaction voiced by Khulumani … Read more
Statement crafted for the President’s Consultative Meeting of 17 April 2020 with the assistance of the Khulumani Support Group We understand the decision of the President to deploy members of the South African Police Services (SAPS) along with members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to ensure compliance of citizens with the measures … Read more
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission broke new ground internationally in being the first Truth Commission to provide human rights hearings for victims of the crimes associated with the oppressive apartheid regime. The victims’ hearings were broadcast by the SABC across the entire country. This was important because for the first time, white South … Read more
Kersfees: ’n tyd vir familie en vriende – of so sê ’n miljoen slagspreuke oor winkelsentrum mure geplak. Maar tussen al die slagspreuke en die aanbevelings om ons harte op ons beurse te dra, word dit dikwels vergeet dat elke vriend as ’n vreemdeling begin het. Op 11 Desember 2019 is die mense van Klerksdorp … Read more
Die radio blaas – nuus oor nog ʼn aanval op buitelanders. En die rand het verswak teenoor die dollar. In die agtergrond huil die kinders. Dis laat, en hulle is honger, maar mama het nou eers by die huis gekom. En daar’s niks kos in die kaste nie. Ai! Sy sal moet baked beans by … Read more
“Dit maak nie saak wat jy eet nie, maar saam met wie jy dit eet.” Op 19 Oktober 2019 het die mans van Worcester hierdie boodskap op hul papierborde gelees – kleurvol geskryf deur die kinders van die dorp. Maar dié naweek was hulle nie daar om bloot woorde te lees nie: hulle was daar … Read more