An 18-year-old New Zealander has been jailed without bail for allegedly sharing a video of the Christchurch mosque attack, as well as posting an image of the mosque days before the massacre, with the caption “Target acquired.” The man appeared before Christchurch District Court on Monday. He was arraigned on[…]
By Anees Teladia Anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron was posthumously bestowed with an IPSA Annual Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Peace College of South Africa (IPSA) at a graduation ceremony held on Friday. Imam Haron was – and is – widely regarded as a significant cultural icon from the[…]
By Anees Teladia “We feel that the moral voice of Islam must be in the corridors of power.” This was the view of the Al Jama-ah political party leader, Ganief Hendricks, who believes smaller political parties can make a meaningful difference in the current political climate. With national and provincial[…]
After the historic case of apartheid teacher and activist Ahmed Timol was finally brought to light last year, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) is calling for the Hawks to re-open the case of Ashley Kriel’s deaths after thirty years. Ashley Kriel, who was a 20-year-old student activist from[…]
June Steenkamp has spoken about her feelings after the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that Oscar Pistorius was guilty of the murder of her daughter, Reeva, overturning his culpable homicide conviction. She attended proceedings in Bloemfontein on Thursday, while her husband Barry remained at their home in Port Elizabeth. No[…]
As the lengthy bail hearing of Rameez Patel was again postponed on Monday, the family of his wife Fatima Patel have spoken out, saying they want justice to be served. The Polokwane businessman Rameez Patel is applying for bail, after he was charged with killing his spouse and then staging[…]
The world’s top executioner China put 2,400 people to death last year, a US-based rights group said Tuesday, shedding rare light on a statistic Beijing considers a state secret. The figure was a fall of 20 percent from 2012, the Dui Hua Foundation said, and a fraction of the 12,000[…]
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