Lawyers for Human Rights
Lawyers for Human Rights is an independent human rights organisation with a 30-year track record of human rights activism and public interest litigation in South Africa. LHR uses the law as a positive instrument for change and to deepen the democratisation of South African society. To this end, it provides free legal services to vulnerable, marginalised and indigent individuals and communities, both non-national and South African, who are victims of unlawful infringements of their constitutional rights.
News
8 June 2013
Up to 200 Somalis marched in Cape Town on parliament on Friday morning to deliver a memorandum urging the government to act against the ongoing...
7 June 2013
In Riverlea, people have had their solar geysers for only two weeks but their shoddy workmanship have dashed many residents' expectations....
7 June 2013
Xenophobia attacks in South Africa have not ended, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) said on Friday.
"It has been five years since [2008, when] co-...
7 June 2013
Ongoing incidents of xenophobic violence in South Africa have raised concerns about the safety of foreigners in that country, with the government...
4 June 2013
One in two South Africans wants foreign migrants to carry their IDs on them at all times and 63 percent of citizens want electrified fences on...
Press Releases
7 June 2013
The recent attacks against foreign nationals, particularly those operating shops in townships and informal settlements, have sent shivers down the...
3 May 2013
Lawyers for Human Rights is pushing to set a land reform precedent in post-settlement support by which future land claims will follow.
LHR on...
30 April 2013
The North Gauteng High Court ordered today that eight separated minors living in South Africa be allowed to register for and attend public school....
20 April 2013
Judgment has been reserved in the case challenging the closure of the Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Office in the Eastern Cape High Court....
18 April 2013
Lawyers for Human Rights and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Refugee Rights Centre will appear in the Eastern Cape High Court...
Videos
Bad luck will come to us – Clay mining and erosion in Limpopo
In 2010, Blue Platinum Ventures started mining outside the area for which they had an approved...
'They beat me like I'm not even a man'
Torture is not dead in our society. Three drug dealers and a car guard talk to the M&G about...
A deep wound - Anthracite mining in Mpumalanga
In 2007, a new anthracite mine was buillt in Madadeni, diverting a tributary to the Nkomati River...
I hate this in my life: Coal mining in Mpumalanga
In 2008 Samson Sibanda bought a farm in Mpumalanga and wants it rehabilitated after damage caused...
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