HRDC demands K200m, apology from MBC for slander, gutter journalism

January 17, 2020 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 33 Comments

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has demanded K200 million and a series of apologies from the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) for describing the rights activists as a terrorist organisation in its 7pm prime time news bulletin.

MBC director general Aubrey Sumbuleta: Gutter journalism

Wesley Mwafulirwa of Kawelo Lawyers has written the MBC director general Aubrey Sumbuleta and news presenter Matilda Mkandawire who have been threatened with a lawsuit should they fail to meet the demands by January 27, 2020.

“In its literal sense, the statement meant Malawi Human Rights Defenders Coalition is a terrorist organisation.

” Our client is dismayed by the fact that their description was also made by the president of the country and broadcast by your institution, ” reads the letter in part.

The letter says any reasonable person would not want to associate with HRDC given the connotations associated with terrorism but the gutter journalism.

“Terrorism is not only a moral vice but also a crime under our laws as well as international laws. The words published were therefore defamatory and contrary to the values and principals on which our clients’ organisation is based,” says the letter.

The letter says the reputation of the HRDC has been injured following the story and demanded the apology on radio, websites and other social media outlets by the electoral tax funded media house.

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33 replies on “HRDC demands K200m, apology from MBC for slander, gutter journalism”

  1. HRDC YAKULEPHERANI KENAKO MWATI MUNGOYIVALIKA DZINA LA TERRORIST ORGANISATION, CHONSECHO POSACHEDWAPA MUNKATI MUTHANA NAWO A MTAMBOWOTU.INU A DPP MUKUPANGA ZOPEPELA MUKADALI MUBOMA NDE MUKATULUKANO?

  3. MBC watch out…..we will burn to ashes your studios. We don’t want zopusa. A bomb is coming your way……

  4. Nzachilendo izi Ku Malawi and sitidziwa Kuti ufulu ndi chani komabe hrdc sichifwamba akanakhala zifwamba sibwenzi akumapanga report nkhanza zimene akuchitilidwa Kuti Boma lichitepo kanthu. Bwenzi akumathananazo okha . Yendani a Malawi kumaiko ena osamangoti chilichonse inde bwana mudzaombela mfiti manja. Hrdc ikugwila ntchito yotamandika dpp inafika poopeka chilichonse ndikumangani aaaah asalakwitse utsutse ndikumangani. Akuba amangolowelelapo chabe the hrdc marches peaceful with no any weapon.

  5. Zikanakhala zifwamba bwenzi kulibe lero ngachilungamo anthuwa omenyela ofulu sakondedwa ndi ophwanya . Zikatheka Malawi adzawapatsa ulemu Kuti well done hrdc. Omaphwanya zaeni ngosokoneza kufuma kwabwino kwa hrdc. Just imagine Ku Blantyre last time they were matching peacefully nanga anawatenthela galimoto chifukwa chani

  6. Ukavu wamukolani heheheheheeee! 200million for what? Kuba basi, kapitirizeni kukumba misewu Ku Kasiya uko, 200million mukaipeza pansipo, tapasila Mota Engil!

  7. If someone blaming Timothy Mtambo,I cry myself because any rulling party leaders they become rich at night,once they are in government post,Chikangawa forest guarding by soldiers family members of Mr government officials bribes,beating people for nothing,I saw them in Nthungwa area there,in September,why thy should go to DRC and Somalia to bring peace there,come 2024

    1. Go to court and be a Dpp witness then why you telling us like we got the apology demand letter nor the laywers’ initial prep lawsuit file! KKKK

  10. Well done HRDC! It’s a pity that taxpayers money is being wasted by MBC which has now been turned into a DPP mouthpiece! Its folly to compare a human rights organisation like HRDC to the likes of Al Shabab! Let MBC and its leadership learn a bitter lesson about defamation!

  11. I SEE AN ELEMENT OF TERRORISM IN WHAT IS HAPPENING THE COUNTRY. IF WE ARE CAREFUL AS COUNTRY WE WILL BECOME ANOTHER SOMALIA

  12. This ugly Mtambo fits that descrption of a Boko Haram terrorist. Ndipotu simunati. we are just waiting time. You will pay dearly for terrorizing Malawians

  13. Mtambo ndi gululake akati adya ndiye kuti aphwanya masitolo, mashop ndi makola ankhuku omwe. Uchigawenga weni weni. Dziko likuona. Mwabazo sizinakwane?

  14. Who is a Terrorist? a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

    Achibale tell ME!!!!

  15. HRDC is no less than a terror group in MALAWI. Musakane. You have unleashed fear among many citizens in Malawi. You are busy stealing our properties in shops and looting homes . How else should people describe you.?Ndinu mbava za pa town. You hide behind human rights demonstrations but truly you are alashaba in MALAWI. No apologies from MBC. No tax payer money to be given to u to ferry people from nsundwe? No ways Mtambo and Trapence

  19. The amount of K200 million is on the lower side. It should have been above K500 million. MBC should learn to respect all Malawians and not only DPP cadets. How can MDF and Malawi police, two state security agencies, give protection to a terrorist group? It’s the MDF that goes around with HRDC, does it mean, according to MBC, MDF is also a terrorist group? Is the MPS a terrorist group?

    1. MDF and Police try to prevent HRDC demonstrators from causing terror on people and their property. But these terrorists wait for a chance after the march to cause terror! MBC is right, these HRDC thugs are terrorists!

      1. It’s not the hrdc rooting they are the thieves taking chances behind the hrdc I never heard hrdc rooting or torching people property never unless thieves. They take their petitions leading up people to the right place. If the police dare teargasing them the more they cause Unger in peaceful matching.

  22. Shame on you. Who doesn’t know that you are terrorists. Even wa gule wankulu knows this. K200 million go to your terrorists sponsors. Pano nwapsys no money

  24. Hrdc you are terrorists is why some of us have stopped joining your endless marching. For the first time mbc reported the truth.

    1. You are not only joker my brother but also a maroon, do you know terrorist orgazation? DO you know the difference between the two? You must e dreaming. How many people have HRDC killed? COme bro. you can do better than this.

    2. Zex you are stupid. Who even wants you to join this group fighting for the rights of Malawians while u belong to these silly oppressors? Ndiwe galu zedi osamalemba zopusa apa iwe mbuli yosapita Ku sukulu

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