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NR/1145/03/03/2017                                                        CONTACT:  Janet Deutsch FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    Public Affairs Officer March 3, 2017                                                                  Phone: 357000 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 3, 2017, released the 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.  The country-specific Human Rights Reports are documents the U.S. Congress, by law, requires the State Department to prepare annually and make public.  The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.  U.S. embassies compile Human Rights Reports with help from host governments, local NGOs, and other members of civil...

FROM: JCTR TO: MEDIA HOUSES DATE: Thursaday 2nd MARCH 2017   RE: JCTR WELCOMES GOVERNMENTS’ INTENTION TO RE-TABLE THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION (ATI) BILL IN PARLIAMENT.   THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) is delighted that the Zambian government through Minister of Justice, Hon. Given Lubinda, has reaffirmed its resolve to re-table the Access to Information (ATI) Bill in Parliament. JCTR equally re-affirms a consistent position that the Access to Information law is necessary as it fits well in democratic governance system which Zambia has always aspired to become, since the re-introduction of Multi-party democracy. AS JCTR, we believe...

Press Release For Immediate Release 26th  February 2017   The Non Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has noted the ongoing debate that has engrossed the country on whether government should regulate or abolish the payment of bride price commonly referred to as “Lobola” in Southern Africa. As an organization, we note that payment of bride price in Zambia called “Lobola”, “Chimalo”, “Impango”, “Lubono“ and so forth, depending on what part of the country one comes from, is a tradition that defines how we as a people celebrate our marriage rite. However, NGOCC is deeply concerned with the commercialisation of “Lobola”...