ARV policy contradicts Prisons & Rehabilitation Act
Friday, July 24, 2015
This came to the fore at the Court of Appeal yesterday by the defence lawyers in a case in which the government is appealing last year’s High Court ruling that ordered it to provide ARVs for inmates.
To justify the appeal, state attorney Yarona Sharp argued before the bench that there was a policy in place that exempted foreign inmates from getting treatment and as such the respondents in the matter had failed to challenge that policy.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...