Malawi’s leading human rights non-governmental organizations Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR)and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have applauded the recent decision by government to appear before the 56th session of African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights which will commence from the 1st December to 17th December 2014 in Banjul Gambia where […]
Malawi Police has arrested Centre for Development of People (Cedep) officer Ishmael Makhuludzo, 29 on allegations of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy (name withheld) at Luwinga Township in Mzuzu city. Mzuzu Police Public Relations Officer Sergeant Martin Bwanali said Makhuludzo allegedly had sexually abused the boy after a night drink out. “A […]
The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Center for Development for the People (CEDEP) have urged the Malawi government to stop police brutality, in light of the arrest and beating of BNL Times journalist Archibald Kasakura. Kasakura was roughed-up and arrested on Tuesday as he was taking pictures of law-enforcers chasing street […]
Two human rights organisations, Centre for Development of the People (Cedep) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) with support from an American based organisation, Benetech, have launched a report on human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity which indicates a wave of intense homophobia is washing across Malawi . Proudly lesbian: […]
Two leading human rights watchdogs Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) have cautioned President Peter Mutharika against taking the path of his predecessors who in one way or the other attempted to cripple the operations of the media especially those which were deemed to be critical of the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera has courted fire to himself over his remarks that he had pressure from former President Joyce Banda over management of the May 20 Tripartite Elections and that the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) was also instructed to storm the national tally centre at Comesa Hall in Blantyre in order to […]
Two of Malawi’s leading human rights watchdogs Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have faulted Malawi’s government’s approach of using chiefs to challenge federalism calls by some quarters, citing that such an approach has only managed to sow seeds of suspicion in the public about the government. […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika has completed 100 days in office – a traditional moment for taking stock of progress in what rights campaigners have assessed him highlighting nepotistic and ethnicity promotion in his public appointments fuelling calls for North Malawi secession. In evaluating Mutharika’s three months in power, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) […]
Calls to descriminalise homosexuality in Malaiw have been reignited, as a renowned gay rights campaigner, Gift Trapence has urged Malawi to show “commitment to universal human rights” by emulating Uganda’s constitutional court which recently quashed anti-gay law. The Ugandan top court nullified legislation signed by long-serving President Yoweri Museveni that made homosexuality a crime punishable by life in prison, citing a lack […]
Malawi’s human rights groups have said the fire incident that destroyed disputed votes for Lilongwe City South East Constituency at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse in Lilongwe on Monday night smell of foul play and conspiracy in a bid to destroy evidence in the ongoing electoral dispute currently in court. The warehouse was gutted by fire […]
Malawi government has said it will institute an “independent and through investigation” into the string of suspected arsons into public and private institutions recently. Ministry of Information, Tourism and Civic Education on Tuesday said government is deeply concerned at the “sudden incidents” of fire which some quarters believe is the work of arsonists. “Government has […]
The United Nations Human Rights Commitee wants Malawi government’s stand on calls to decriminalize gay and lesbian relationships. “Please provide information on the findings of the Law Commission with regard to its review of the Penal Code, in particular Sections 137(A), 153, and 156, in the context of the Human Rights Committee’s previous recommendation to decriminalize […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have renewed their call for a 50+1 electoral system to replace the existing first-past-post which according to the rights groups has tended to legitimize “democratically illegitimate” leadership to the high office of the Presidency. The call was made at a news […]
As Malawi marks 50th anniversary of independence from Briatin, some renowned human rights defenders in Malawi have bemoaned the “perennial” failure that has become of Malawi’s successive governments since independence to internalise and implement several of international human rights instruments which it has all along been party to. In a joint statement presented at a […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) has advised local and international observers to refrain from dragging Malawians into accepting that the tripartite elections have been free, credible and fair as has been observed when the reality on the ground clearly shows a different picture. In a statement […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) have followed with keen interest events surrounding the tripartite elections vote count process as well as misgivings from various stakeholders, including some contestants. It’s on record that even Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has admitted to some of the hiccups dogging […]
Two leading human rights non-governmental institutions in Malawi Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) say Malawians have been taken for a ride on the recently released Cash gate Forensic Audit Report. In a statement issued on 25th February 2014 and made available to Nyasa Times, the human […]
Just a few days after Civil Society Organisations under the umbrella of Grand Coalition expressed concern over government’s continued failure to call for Parliament meeting, two leading non-governmental human rights institutions in Malawi, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) have added their voice to the call […]