HRDC tells police IG to discipline cops assaulting people over Covid-19 measures

Rights activists the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have asked the police Inspector General to discipline officers who are brutalising people who fail to mask up as a covid-19 preventive measure.

This comes amid widespread reports in the country’s cities and towns that police officers are beating up who fail to wear face masks.

In a press statement, HRDC Chairperson Gift Trapence says his organization is dismayed  with reports of police brutality in enforcing Covid-19 guidelines.

Meanwhile, Malawi police spokesperson James Kadadzera has said they are looking into the matter.

Trapence and HRDC national  coordinator Luke Tembo are  reminding the police that Malawi is not a police state but a democratic country with laws that have to be followed and human rights that have to be respected.