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Ataque a defensor de derechos humanos

21 Nov 2018

Gregory Chifire Southern Africa Network Against Corruption

Fecha del incidente
21 Nov 2018
Exactitud de fecha
Todo correcto
Masculino
Prensa, medios
Juicios injustos
Objetivo: Individual
Lugar del incidente: Zambia
Stanbic Bank Nigeria Finanzas y banca
Otros actores

Fuentes

Gregory Chifire, staff member of the Southern Africa Network Against Corruption, is a human rights activist. He was sent to prison for 6 months on 'contempt of court' charges. The four contempt of court charges against Chifire, emanate from his questioning of a Supreme Court judgement handed down in March 2018 involving two large corporations. The case involved a local bank, Stanbic, referring a local company, Savenda, to a credit bureau for blacklisting on allegations that it defaulted on a loan repayment. In a letter to Zambia’s chief justice, Gregory Chifire described the judgment as having “omitted very crucial evidence” that formed the basis for the awarding of damages to Savenda and asked for the judges suspected to be responsible to be investigated.