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@NANHRI40 and @APCOF, members of @DecrimPS, announce the launch of the Petty Offences Scorecard.
This pilot measures state progress toward the ACHPR Principles on the Decriminalisation of Petty Offences in Africa.
🗓️ 17 July @ 3pm (EAT)
🔗bit.ly/Basic-Scorecard
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Journalist Stanley Ugagbe was taken by unidentified men in an unmarked vehicle on July 1st, 2026.
He was blindfolded for 24 hours and taken to an undisclosed location, with no word allowed to his family, his lawyers, or his employer.
@hopebehindbar is calling this what it is: an attack on press freedom. This incident is part of a growing pattern used to silence journalists and civic actors doing public interest work.
Watch the video for the full story.
Our Digest is officially live! 🎉
It is packed with major highlights, updates from our campaign partners, new resources, and submissions in the global push to decriminalize poverty and homelessness.
Check out the digest:👇
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Campaign partner @CALS_ZA highlights how law enforcement in South Africa uses state force to arbitrarily target & round up asylum seekers & refugees under the guise of verification processes, calling it a gross violation of human rights.
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Dissent is being systematically criminalized, using arbitrary charges and pretrial detention to punish activists before a trial even begins. @follow_salc highlights this pattern across Southern Africa including Eswatini and Zambia.
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Following the seminar co-hosted by our campaign partner, @ICJ_org, a formal letter of complaint by several SLAPPs victims was submitted to the Senate Committee, calling on them to identify measures to decriminalize civic participation.
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Kinondoni and Ilala Districts have enacted similar anti-begging by-laws criminalizing those experiencing poverty. Campaign partners @follow_salc and Organisation for Promoting Human Rights note that poverty is not a crime.
🔗: bit.ly/4vhw4lB
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📢 Out now: PRI’s new guide on prison work designed as a practical tool for policymakers, prison authorities, oversight bodies and practitioners.
🟢 At its centre is a 10-point plan for fair, regulated and rehabilitative #prisonwork.
🔗 Download: penalreform.org/resource/pri…
As more women, children, and LGBTI+ individuals face pre-trial detention for their status, the new @PenalReformInt new guide delivers a human rights-based approach to prison work and for rehabilitation and social reintegration.
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The Housing Not Handcuffs campaign, supported by @homeless_law, has opposed Louisiana’s bill passed on 15 April, arguing it could force homeless people into unpaid labour. It warned that the bill evokes a return to debtors’ prisons.
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Jebra Kambole and @ChijoziChikondi's article published by @TheChanzo highlights that:
In Kinondoni, authorities are responding to visible poverty with forced removals of people who beg, rather than addressing the structural inequalities that push people into vulnerable situations.
Criminalising survival undermines human dignity and risks violating regional and international human rights standards. Cities should be measured not by how effectively they hide poverty, but by how they protect the rights of those most affected by it. @DecrimPS
#HumanRights #DecriminalisePoverty #RightToDignity
thechanzo.com/2026/06/07/cri…
The use of (SLAPPs) to pressure individuals carrying out civic duties is increasing in countries like Nigeria, where @hopebehindbar notes Mubarak Bello, who was targeted with legal proceedings for 6+ years for reporting corruption.
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Years after a landmark Malawi High Court ruling condemning police sweeps and ordering the reform of rogue & vagabond laws that criminalise poverty, @Follow_SALC highlights there has been no visible legislative reform or amendment bill.
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A new report by @FinesandFeesJC, ‘The Cost We No Longer Pay,’ reveals that US fines & fees reform since 2018 has delivered $37.5B+ in financial relief to their families and sparked 70+ pieces of reform legislation.
Read the full report here: bit.ly/4alYWjT
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Global Prison Trends 2026 by @PenalReformInt will be launched at the @UN #CCPCJ35 side event in Vienna. It provides insights on prison systems, with sections dedicated to decriminalising poverty & status.
🔗bit.ly/4335Aru
📆: June 4 | 11:30am (GMT + 1)
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After years of campaigning in England and Wales, the government has officially repealed the Infant Life Act of 1929 that criminalized women who procured their abortion, as part of the proposed changes to the Crime & Policing Bill.
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The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to urgently decongest its correctional facilities and end the prolonged detention of awaiting-trial inmates, in a court ruling delivered on 15 May 2026.
🔗: bit.ly/4v5zZ4b
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On 19 May 2026, the ICwS together with its partners, the @ICJ_org and @commonwealthsec with support from @OpenSociety and under auspices of the @DecrimPS, hosted the launch of two groundbreaking initiatives in London: the Practitioners’ Guide on a Human Rights-Based Approach to the Decriminalisation of Poverty and Status, and the People-Centred Public Safety Fellowships.
The high-level launch brought together world-renowned legal experts, human rights defenders, judges and policymakers.
Featured speakers included: @DrLizMacharia, #LivioZilli, #HugoTovar and Prof Balakrishnan Rajagopal @rajonlaw
Read more about the event here: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-…
#HumanRights #PublicSafety #RuleOfLaw #Commonwealth #CriminalJustice #Decriminalisation #Poverty #Security @SASNews @LondonU @HRC_News
The UK Launch of the People-Centred Public Safety Fellowships & Practitioners’ Guide in partnership with @ICJ_org @commonwealthsec & @OpenSociety would be hosted tomorrow.
⏰ 10 - 4pm (GMT + 1)
📍 Senate House | Online
🔗:bit.ly/3RxoILz
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In all my doing in mental health is to see a judiciary that is mentally resillient and a trauma informed justice system.
It was a great honour engaging with the Kibera High Court Judicial officers @KJA_Kenya @Kenyajudiciary @DecrimPS @capmhkenya @jsckenya
