Activists want basic rights, freedoms incorporated into set national laws

Activists want basic rights, freedoms incorporated into set national laws
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The government has been challenged to incorporate regional and international instruments on freedom of expression and freedom of media into local laws and regulations. The call comes in the wake of the African Media Barometer report released this week ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Dec

Kenya security laws threaten freedoms: groups

>Kenyan proposals to boost security laws risk returning the country to a “police state”, rights groups said Sunday, but the government says they are vital to the nation’s protection.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 May

Activists head to court over new laws

Dar es Salaam. Human rights groups said yesterday they would be moving to court to challenge the newly enacted Cybercrimes Act 2015 and the Statistics Act 2013.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

29 Oct

No birth certificate no basic rights

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No birth certificate no basic rights
Daily News
PEOPLE without birth certificates have a murky future as they will be denied employment, land ownership and other basic social services entitled to nationals. The Deputy Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ms Angela Kairuki, sounded the caution in ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Nov

How limitation clauses impact on basic rights

 Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) members and allies are touting the proposed constitution (2014) as the best in Africa. This is supposedly because it generally includes public views and provides for the rights of various groups in society (Articles 32-59).

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

12 Feb

Most Tanzania children with disabilities do not access basic rights: TAS

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Most Tanzania children with disabilities do not access basic rights: TAS
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About 97 percent of children with disabilities in Tanzania do not get access to some of their basic rights, including education, says an official with the Tanzania Albinism Society (TAS). The TAS Public Relations Officer, Joseph Torner accused parents of hiding ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

14 Jun

Rights activists accuse aspirants of corruption

Rights activists accuse aspirants of corruption
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Human rights activists have raised suspicion over legitimacy of extravagant spending in presidential nomination parties, questioning both the contestants' sources of income and the ways to pay back the costs after the elections. They expressed the situation ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

09 Aug

Human rights activists dismayed by ban on debates

Daily News
Human rights activists dismayed by ban on debates
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A CONSORTIUM of human rights activists has strongly condemned the call made by some government officials and members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) against having deliberations on the new constitution outside the National Assembly. Speaking to ...

 

11 years ago

Legal Aid Centre

21 Jul

Old laws undermining women and children rights

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Old laws undermining women and children rights - Legal Aid Centre
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Outdated laws and the snail paced approach to their review are once again cited as the major factor undermining the rights of vulnerable groups in the country these including women and children and the elderly and disabled. More specifically is the question ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

26 Jan

Constitution: Women activists to camp in Dodoma for excluded rights

Constitution: Women activists to camp in Dodoma for excluded rights
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The Network for Women and Constitution Coalition in Tanzania (WCCT) has commended the second constitution draft, saying that it had considered over 80 per cent of substantial issues on women's rights that its members had raised as matters of concern.

 

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