Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) who were planning to be marching to Kamuzu Palace and hold vigils from March 6 to 8 2019, have been told by Lilongwe City Council (LCC) that they have no permission to proceed instead they can present their petition to President Mutharika at the Civic Offices. The […]
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu has said the country still has a death penalty law and that though it hasn’t been used since the change to a democratic government in 1994, it can be court’s discretion to apply it to any murder case including people found guilty of killing persons with albinism . Tembenu said […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Cecelia Chazama said on Sunday that government has devised strategies that will ensure greater safety for persons with albinism while enjoying their normal interactions with their community members. She urged communities members to joins hands with law enforcers ensuring safety of Persons With Albinism (PWAs). Chazama said […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe have intensified operations aimed at protecting people with albinism by introducing door-to-door home visits as one way of ensuring that there is maximum security in the communities where albinos live. In an interview on Friday, Phalombe Police Station Public Relations Officer (PRO), Innocent Moses said there has been a reduction of […]
Association of People with Albinism (Apam) has said it is going ahead with its planned vigil at State House on March 6 to 8 despite President Peter Mutharika addressing most of the concerns that Apa, outlined as the basisfor the vigils. Mutharika during the meeting with persons with albinism (PWAs) at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe […]
President Peter Mutharika has disclosed that he will institute a commission of inquiry to probe attacks and ruthless killings of people with albinism. Mutharika made the disclosure when made at the Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Thursday when he held an audience with persons with albinism under the banner of the Poor and Concerned people […]
Malawi Police have obtained a warrant of arrest for Member of Parliament and UTM Party’s youth director Bon Kalindo over the production of an audio clip which implicates President Peter Mutharika and his aide Dr Hertherwick Ntaba in the albino body parts business. Police got the warrant of arrest from the Zomba Magistrate Court signed by […]
President Peter Mutharika has pledged that his government will pay a K5 million reward for any report leading to the arrest and prosecution of anyone hatching plans to abduct, maiming and kill Persons with albinism (PWAs). The Malawi leader disclosed this on Thursday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe when he met a group of people […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has written President Peter Mutharika to clear his name after an audio clips have gone viral which the Head of State is implicated in the killing of persons with albinism. In a letter addressed to Mutharika dated February 27 2019, copied to the Chief Justice, Speaker of the National […]
A group of persons with albinism calling itself Poor and Concerned People with Albinism (PACPWA) has emerged with a spirited swipe at the Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) leadership accusing it of politicising issues to do with the abductions and killings of their kindred, and taking an “elitist approach.” PACPWA has, through […]
Malawi Interfaith Aids Association (MIAA), a secretariat of faith based institutions in the country has joined forces with those condemning government ongoing abductions, dismembering, mutilations and barbaric murdering of persons with albinism, and called everyone to be a brother’s keeper. In a statement made available to Nyasa Times signed by MIAA Board Chair Person Reverend […]
The High Court sitting in Ntcheu on Tuesday convicted two people for killing a person with albinism in 2016 at Zintambira Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chakhumbura in the district. Judge Redson Kapindu, who presided over the case, has since reserved his sentence until both the State and defence present written submissions to the court. The […]
The Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) has again rejected an invitatio to meet President Peter Mutharika at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe for “dialogue” before their protest vigils slated for March 6 to 8 at State House, saying the President should address their demands which are “an open secret”. A presidential adviser on […]
Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) has joined Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) in endorsing the Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) march and vigils at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe from March 6 to 8 to petition President Peter Mutharika and demand a commitment to the safety of people with albinism. In […]
Assailants continue to hunt for persons with albinism in the country with the latest being a failed abduction of one year and eight month old child in the northern region district of Rumphi on Monday night, Nyasa Times has learnt. Rumphi police was not immediately available to give comment but Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera has said it is wrong to say the issue of protecting people with albinism is not a political issue. Chakwera was speaking during a rally at Wataka Primary School ground in Machinga on Sunday. “These issues have a wide variety of angles from which they can be approached and these […]
Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi has apologised for his comments that that the attacks on persons with albinism were yet to get to levels where they should hold vigils at State House or seek asylum in other countries. Dausi’s comments led to Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) to withdraw from the […]
Association of People with Albinism (Apam) has said it is going ahead with its planned vigil at Kamuzu Palace the official residence of President Peter Mutharika in Lilongwe to force authorities to look into their security demands and has rejected two invitations to meet the Head of State before the the vigils slated fro March […]