criminalising homeless people

AU court strikes out laws criminalising homeless people in Africa

AU court strikes out laws criminalising homeless people in Africa

The African Union’s Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Friday declared illegal the arrest of homeless people during police swoops, an official source said in Nairobi, Kenya. Police swoops are a common occurrence in major cities in the name of vagrancy and those arrested are questioned in an effort to induce them to self-incriminate. […]