Hertta-Maria Amutenja Four mothers, Launa Safodino, Ana Mandongo, Teresinha Costa and Emilia Navaongelo, have filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MGEPESW), asserting that the government unlawfully, wrongfully, and unconstitutionally detained and took away the liberty of their minor children. The alleged detention occurred between November 2018 and...
November 17, 2024
Tag: detention
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We Need a Reset: Pre-Trial Detention is Going from Bad to Worse
Pre-trial detention (aka remand prison) is when someone is detained by the state while awaiting trial to determine whether they are innocent or guilty of a crime. The challenges of Namibia’s pre-trial detention system are manifold, and mostly rooted in a lack of resources. For example, understaffing translates into delays everywhere because of overflowing dockets...
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Unlawful detention case involving Chinese human trafficking suspects dismissed
Staff Reporter THE matter in which 13 suspects, mostly Chinese citizens, claimed that they were unlawfully detained for more than 48 hours, has been dismissed, and the suspects will be sent back to jail. The suspects were arrested in early October and face charges of human trafficking, fraud, money laundering, and racketeering, amounting to about...
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Namandje argues no detention without arrest in human trafficking/fraud chinese case
Staff Reporter WELL-KNOWN local lawyer Sisa Namandje, representing 14 individuals, mostly Chinese, detained on charges of fraud amounting to N$ 8.8 million and human trafficking, argued that there can be no detention without arrest. He said that the Namibian police violated articles 7 and 11 of the constitution, which pertain to liberty and arbitrary arrests....
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Fraud, trafficking accused challenge detention
An urgent application about the lawfulness of the detention of people arrested three weeks ago in connection with an alleged cryptocurrency investment scam that was operated from Namibia is scheduled to take place in the Windhoek High Court tomorrow. The hearing of the urgent application was postponed by judge George Coleman yesterday, after lawyer Sylvia...
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International ring accused of fraud and human trafficking fight legality of detention
Zorena Jantze THE 14 people arrested in a high-profile police operation earlier this month in Windhoek for human trafficking, fraud, money laundering, and racketeering, amounting to about N$ 8.8 million, today had their case postponed to 26 October 2023 for an Urgent Application hearing in the High Windhoek High Court. The suspects, through the urgent...
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Parliament adopts bill to discuss the state of detention facilities – Windhoek Observer
Stefanus Nashama The National Assembly has this week adopted the motion that seeks to discuss the deplorable state of holding cells and correctional facilities across the country. Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) Member of Parliament, Inna Hengari, on Tuesday, tabled the bill, and the National Assembly referred it to the relevant Parliamentary Standing Committee for scrutiny....
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Police not responsible for Amushelelo’s continued detention – Shikongo
POLICE inspector general Joseph Shikongo has rubbished claims that the continuous detention of social activist Michael Amushelelo is due to the police. Shikongo says Amushelelo’ detention is due to the fact that the case is before the court. He made these comments during a training workshop held in Windhoek on Monday on freedom of expression...
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Govt ordered to pay for illegal detention of retired general
The illegal detention of a retired Namibian Defence Force general by members of the Namibian Police in January 2021 is set to cost the government – and by extension Namibia’s taxpayers – close to N$220 000. In a judgement delivered in the Windhoek High Court on Monday, judge Esi Schimming-Chase awarded retired major general Thomas...