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South Africa: Stop Deportations and Grant Temporary Status to Zimbaweans

09 Jan

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

The South African government should end its sole reliance on an overburdened asylum system that protects only a tiny fraction of the more than a million Zimbabweans who cannot return to the humanitarian disaster in their home country. Human Rights Watch renewed its call on the South African government to stop deporting Zimbabweans and, in [...]

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South Africa: Displaced at risk as camps close

08 Oct

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Amnesty International today said that those displaced by May’s xenophobic violence in South Africa face serious threats to their safety, as the last remaining camps for the displaced are closing and their asylum-claims are overwhelmingly rejected.
The warning came as the South African government claimed it was handling the after-effects of the violence well at the [...]

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South Africa: Grant Temporary Status to All Zimbabweans

19 Jun

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Government Should Halt Deportations, Allow Right to Work
The South African government should recognize that political repression and economic deprivation have forced Zimbabweans to flee their country and immediately stop deporting them, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch called on the government to grant Zimbabweans in South Africa temporary status [...]

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South Africa: Protect Victims of Xenophobic Violence

05 Jun

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Provide Basics of Food, Water, Shelter, and Safety to Displaced
The South African government should ensure that “temporary shelter sites” for homeless and traumatized victims of recent xenophobic violence comply with international standards, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement require states to provide food, water, shelter, medical care and security [...]

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South Africa must protect those at risk of "xenophobic" attack

30 May

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Amnesty International has called on the South African government to take all necessary measures to protect the human rights of people at continuing risk of violent attacks and displacement from their homes on the basis of their perceived ethnic origins or status as “foreigners” or asylum-seekers.
The organization urged the government to ensure that those who [...]

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South Africa: Punish Attackers in Xenophobic Violence

23 May

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Government Should Protect Victims to Ensure Justice
The government should ensure that victims of xenophobic violence remain in South Africa to participate in bringing their attackers to justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
Link to hrw.org

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