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‘I am relieved and certainly I am feeling good about it. It is good because justice has been done, and people, especially occupying important positions like President of the Republic of South Africa and president of the ANC, should certainly not be allowed to get away with a totally unfounded statement about people’s past and a statement which is highly defamatory, dangerous and very offensive.’

– Former Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom after the Constitutional Court on Friday confirmed that he had been defamed by former President Jacob Zuma. 

 

‘The court's insistence on upholding sodomy charges against the defendants is a grave injustice.'

– Rasha Younes, a LGBT researcher at Human Rights Watch after a Tunisian appeals court has upheld the conviction of two men accused of sodomy but reduced their sentence to one year in prison. HRW said the conviction contradicts the rights to privacy and non-discrimination under international law, which are also enshrined in Tunisia's 2014 Constitution.

 

‘We will necessarily have to appeal this decision.'

– Attorney João do Rosário after a Cape Verde court has approved the extradition to the US of businessman Alex Saab who is suspected of money-laundering on behalf of the Venezuelan Government.