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23 June 2006
South Africa: Local Stats Needed to Devise Policy On Human Trafficking, Says Institute
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS), in a document released yesterday, is calling for thorough research into human trafficking in SA in order to develop effective legislation and policies.
Sudanese President Reinforces Opposition to UN Peacekeepers in Darfur
... One analyst at the South African-based Institute for Security Studies, Mariam Jooma, expressed surprise at the Sudanese opposition to the plan.
South Africa: Country A Hub For Human Trafficking Network
... Presenting a research document in Pretoria today, ISS Consultant Robyn Pharaoh painted a gloomy picture of human trafficking in the country.
21 June 2006
ISS Today: South Africa: Focus shifts to ‘crooked cops’ in airport heist
The article has a subheading that reads 'a string of suspicious deaths and disappearances implicates police in cover-up after R85m robbery'. This refers to a robbery that took place at the Johannesburg International Airport in March, 2006. As the report goes, a number of accused were tortured and/or killed during the investigation that followed this robbery. The state prosecutor is reported to have attributed the incidents (torture and killings) to members of the police who 'were knocking off witnesses as they were trying to cover their own tracks'. The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) has confirmed that they are investigating the matter. These allegations, whether truthful or not, underline the necessity of independent oversight of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
20 June 2006
First vote for free speech
... Analyst at the Institute for Security Studies, Henri Boshoff, says there is a need to find solutions now to existing political problems. These problems include the issue of inclusivity, funding for political parties, intimidation and media freedom.
19 June 2006
Rashid's lawyer fights on
... British authorities were, for instance, reluctant to help American authorities carry out a plan to seize Haroon Aswat in South Africa and send him to an undisclosed third country last year, according to an Institute for Security Studies paper.
Young ... and free
... Fighting gangsterism and crime is certainly one of our top priorities. Boyane Tshehla, an ISS senior researcher, says young people commit crimes more than older people because they are seeking adventure.
ISS Today: SLM’s Minawi Threatens to Quit Darfur Peace Deal
The only rebel leader to have endorsed the Darfur Peace Agreement, threatened to pull out of the deal geared at ending three years of war if the international community does not move to support him fast. Minni Minawi, who heads the Sudan Liberation Movement, was the only one of three rebellion leaders to sign the peace deal last month with the Sudanese government. 'The responsibility for the peace cannot remain on my sole shoulders,' Minawi said in an Associated Press interview late Friday.
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