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#IShallNotForget judgment on Wednesday

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#IShallNotForget judgment on Wednesday
The High court will on Wednesday deliver judgment in an urgent application case in which campaigners under the banner #IShallNotForget movement are challenging the decision by government to deny them a permit to march in protest of sexual abuse of children. When presenting the applicants’ case their attorney Mboki Chilisa asked Justice Gaopalelwe Ketlogetswe to review and set aside the decision by government to deny the movement the right to engage in a peaceful march. According to Chilisa, government (the police) did not make appropriate and considerate decisions by denying the applicants the permit to march. The state according to Chilisa acted unlawfully and irrationally. Most importantly according to Chilisa, the state has also acted in breach of the Constitution. He argued that the Constitution also confers on every person the right to protection of the law, and the requirement by police that one must wait for at least 30 days before their application to march is attended to is inconsistent with the law and ‘absurd’. He further argued that government through the Officer Commanding District No. 3 seek to regulate the applicants ‘s right to free speech. According to Chilisa the march in question is not about some issue…

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