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July 13, 2017

Where is Zambia’s President Heading?

It seems like Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu is seeking to consolidate his power.

Africa

July 13, 2017 Dispatches

Where is Zambia’s President Heading?

Dewa Mavhinga
Southern Africa Director
International Justice

April 10, 2017 News Release

Zambia: Support International Criminal Court
International Justice

February 1, 2017 Dispatches

AU's 'ICC Withdrawal Strategy' Less than Meets the Eye

Elise Keppler
Associate Director, International Justice Program

Videos Watch More

June 23, 2016 Video

"We are Girls, Not Brides": First Anthem to End Child Marriage
July 15, 2014 Video

Zambia: People With Disabilities Left Behind in HIV Response

Reports More Reports

July 15, 2014

“We Are Also Dying of AIDS”

Barriers to HIV Services and Treatment for Persons with Disabilities in Zambia
November 4, 2011

“You’ll Be Fired if You Refuse”

Labor Abuses in Zambia's Chinese State-owned Copper Mines
April 27, 2010

Unjust and Unhealthy

HIV, TB, and Abuse in Zambian Prisons

News

November 2, 2016 Commentary

Africans Speak Out Against ICC Withdrawal

Sarah Rayzl Lansky
Senior Associate, International Justice Program
July 12, 2016 News Release

Ban Forced Anal Exams Around World
June 23, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Girls Speak Out against Child Marriage

Alexandra Kotowski
Senior Associate, Women’s Rights Division
August 5, 2015 Commentary

Africa Rulings Move LGBT Rights Forward

Graeme Reid
Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Published In: Jurist
April 15, 2015 Letter

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
November 28, 2014 Commentary

People with Disabilities Must Be Counted in the Fight Against HIV

Rashmi Chopra
Fellow, Health & Human Rights Division

Published In: Inter Press Service News Agency
August 13, 2014 News Release

SADC: Address Members’ Rights Issues
August 1, 2014 Commentary

Unraveling The Myth: People with Disabilities Do It Too

Shantha Rau Barriga
Director, Disability Rights

Published In: In Plainspeak
July 15, 2014 News Release

Zambia: People With Disabilities Left Behind in HIV Response
July 15, 2014 Witness

Witness: Deaf, and Shut Out from HIV Information

Amy Braunschweiger
Senior Web Communications Manager
September 13, 2013 News Release

Cluster Munitions: Nations Condemn Syrian Use
September 4, 2013 News Release

Cluster Munitions: Syria Use Persists

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World Report 2009

Zambia

Protesters Pepper-Sprayed At Phoenix Rally: HRW Daily Brief

Daily Brief

August 23, 2017

Protesters pepper-sprayed at Phoenix rally; US Afghanistan strategy risks more civilian harm; new victim of Indonesia's blasphemy law; girls used as "human bombs" in Nigeria; fear-mongering in Australia's gay marriage poll; Philippines' war on drugs; Twitter halts execution of death row prisoner in US; and a sham trial in China.

Interactives More Interactives

July 14, 2014

Zambia: People With Disabilities Left Behind in HIV Response