The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Thursday demanded the Democratic Progressive Party(DPP) led government to explain the use of 115 delegates who have been taken to to the UN General Assembly in New York. President Peter Mutharika has taken a delegation of over 100 people that included cabinet ministers, security aides and support staff to […]
Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda has been urged to return home and clear herself on the allegations cashgate convicts have been making , to link her as one of the beneficiaries of the ill-gotten wealth, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) have said. Banda is […]
President Peter Mutharika has backed out on homosexuality referendum, saying he is not going to call for a national vote to harsh anti-gay laws but that he only expressed “an opinion” in his capacity as President of Malawi regarding the issues. Responding to a question on same-sex marriages during a Talk to the President programme […]
The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Center for the Development of People (CEDEP) have called on governmen to arrest the current health crisis saying it;s a serious violation of the right to health. Malawi’s deepening economic crisis is severely affecting the government’s ability to fund public health delivery and restricting poor people’s […]
Two of Malawi’s leading human rights and governance NGO groups Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have described Malawi government’s report before the United Nations (UN) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland as general and vague. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu, who is […]
The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights has asked the Malawi government to provide the Commission with information on when the Access to Information bill will be tabled in Parliament and enacted. Speaking in Banjul, Gambia after Malawi’s submission and presentation of its initial report before the Commission. The African Commission Special Rapporteur on […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have applauded Malawi government’s historical appearance before the 56th Session of African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights currently underway in Banjul where Malawi’s maiden report submitted in 2013 will be reviewed. The two civil society groups said government’s appearance is […]
Civil society organisations (CSO) have declared that they will not be intimidated by government through Solicitor General Janet Banda that they reported human rights abuses to the United Nations (UN) to please donors. A letter from the UN rapporteur on human rights angered Solicitor General after it contained information that police and government officials harassed […]
Malawi government has been asked to press for compensation from the South African government for its citizens who are victims of xenophobic attacks in the country. Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have jointly asked government to seek from South Africa to compensate victims of xenophobia for loss […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) are expressing great shock with what they say continued silence and failure by the Malawi government to address the devastating problem of water and electricity crisis in the cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe. The two cities have recently been hit […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have jointly asked for government to seriously consider committing more resources to alleviate the suffering of flood victims and also urged the international community to help Malawi with material and financial support. This follows flooding due to heavy rainfall continues to […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) have asked Malawi citizenry to demand accountability and transparency from government and other duty bearers on matters that affect the nation. In an end of the year message to Malawians, the two organisations have since appealed to Malawians to […]
Civil Society Organisations under the banner of Anti-NACGATE have hit back at “proponents” of NACGATE –taking money from National Aids Commission (NAC) to fund activities that have nothing to do with the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic – citing that their arguments raise more questions than answers especially on their motives and integrity. In a […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is under scathing attack from rights grouping who are accusing the party of allowing its followers to terrorize those with dissenting views. Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep says in a statement that the organizations have learnt with shock the return […]
Local rights campaigners are strongly calling upon Malawi President Peter Mutharika to “wake up from his slumber and resolve the crisis facing the country once and for all lest he loses “the legitimacy to govern”. In a strongly-worded press statement Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) say […]
Human rights organisations in Malawi on Monday expressed deep concern over the protracted industrial strike by the staff of the country’s Judiciary which they said has negatively affected the dispensation of justice and made scathing attack on President Peter Mutharika for failing to act in his capacity as leader of the country. The organizations, Centre […]
A 19-year-old boy in Mzuzu who claimed to have been a victim of anual sex rape by the Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) assistant project officer Ishmael Makhuludzo, was actually in an affair with the suspect according to an investigation report compiled by Malawi Police as seen by Nyasa Times. In it, the […]
Malawi prominent rights groups have vowed to stage mass street protests against the administration of President Peter Mutharika if they fail to provide convincing answers for the economic turmoil facing the country. The Kwacha currency continues to be weakening as it is trading at about 520 to the dollar, down from 410 in September. Prices […]