Dr Sanya Samtani is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pretoria. Her research focuses on access to knowledge at the intersection of human rights and copyright. She is part of the team consulted by SECTION27 on this matter.
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South African Constitutional Court Rectifies Copyright Discrimination for People with Disabilities
Image Description: Graphotype machines and prints, one set up with Braille type. Photo Credit: Flickr, Jenny Addison.
South African Constitutional Court rectifies copyright discrimination for people with disabilities, orders ‘the ...
Openness is a Human Rights Issue: Copyright Amendment Bill and Access to Educational Materials in South Africa
October 19th to 25th is International Open Access (OA) Week 2020. This year’s theme is “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion”.
The theme invites us to recognise and redress the historical, ...
Deporting Rohingya Refugees: Indian Supreme Court Violates Principle of Non-refoulement
On 4 October 2018, a three judge bench of the Supreme Court of India refused to stay the deportation of seven Rohingya refugees from India to Myanmar. These men were arrested and incarcerated in 2012 for the offence of entering the ...
Tackling Moral Policing in Mumbai: A Human Rights Approach
In the latest news on moral policing, earlier this month the Mumbai police conducted a round of raids across lodges, resorts and hotels in the holiday region of Madh Island and Aksa in northern Mumbai and apprehended close to 40 ...
