Carmel Rickard
@carmelrickard.bsky.social
Journalist, writing on law, justice & human rights esp in Africa. Living in rural South Africa
It's proving way harder than I thought to write fiction; I keep wondering if I've sold out in some way
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Writing historical fiction after a lifetime writing about the law - Carmel Rickard writes...
Some days I feel like a traitor. After decades of writing about law and legal developments with an almost obsessive determination to find and stick to verifiable facts, I’ve started to write fiction. ...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's proving way harder than I thought to write fiction; I keep wondering if I've sold out in some way
carmelrickard.co.za/writing-hist...
carmelrickard.co.za/writing-hist...
And in other news, particularly welcome today when things seem so awful in the real world ....
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The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE to become 106th Archbishop of Canterbury | The Archbishop of Canterbury
His Majesty The King has approved the nomination of the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, Downing Street has announced.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
And in other news, particularly welcome today when things seem so awful in the real world ....
www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-an...
www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-an...
A terrible story but with a significant message to teachers and others: teaching kids easy songs about their bodies being off-limits to abusers does actually work!
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Children's song helps convict rapist father - Carmel Rickard writes...
A popular action song, widely taught to children in Kenya and elsewhere to help protect them from sexual predation, has played a key role in detecting the rape of a four-year-old by her own father and...
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July 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A terrible story but with a significant message to teachers and others: teaching kids easy songs about their bodies being off-limits to abusers does actually work!
wp.me/pal8uF-xU
wp.me/pal8uF-xU
Zim parliament created unintended problems when it abolished the death penalty - apex court points this out, suggests changes needed
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Ritual killings, legal loophole on death penalty laws in Zimbabwe - Carmel Rickard writes...
A recent decision by Zimbabwe’s supreme court illustrates, yet again, the problem of ritual killings – murders in the name of witchcraft – and how the courts should deal with them. But this particular...
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July 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Zim parliament created unintended problems when it abolished the death penalty - apex court points this out, suggests changes needed
wp.me/pal8uF-xM
wp.me/pal8uF-xM
Uganda's appeal court's welcome landmark decision on judicial transparency wp.me/pal8uF-xC
Appeal court insists on transparency from judges, probity from counsel - Carmel Rickard writes...
Uganda’s appeal court has delivered a major decision that insists essential legal principles must be observed by both the courts themselves and by practitioners who appear in the courts. The three app...
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June 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Uganda's appeal court's welcome landmark decision on judicial transparency wp.me/pal8uF-xC
Law lecturers at Makerere University in Uganda ensure students are prepared for the real-life rule of law challenges in their country. wp.me/pal8uF-xu
Ugandan law students wrestle with real-life human rights issues - Carmel Rickard writes...
law students quizzed on real human rights problems in Uganda
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May 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Law lecturers at Makerere University in Uganda ensure students are prepared for the real-life rule of law challenges in their country. wp.me/pal8uF-xu
Writing a piece about #legal & #humanrights developments in #EastAfrica during this first week of May. On the way, I found this assessment of the controversy re #BBC documentary on #Kenya military killing protesters. It's a good read: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking
A BBC documentary on security forces killing protesters ignited a firestorm in Kenya – but not for what it revealed.
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May 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Writing a piece about #legal & #humanrights developments in #EastAfrica during this first week of May. On the way, I found this assessment of the controversy re #BBC documentary on #Kenya military killing protesters. It's a good read: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...