On the application of one Abdul Nahimana on his own behalf and that of refugees and asylum seekers, an injunction has been granted court injunction stopping the government from continuing relocating them back to Dzaleka Refugee Camp, whose deadline was April 28, 2021. A High Court of Malawi order made on Tuesday, April 27 says […]
A prominent human rights lawyer has doubted the Malawi Police Service (MPS) will be able to investigate its own officers over serious allegations of rape at Msundwe in Lilongwe two months ago. Police says it has deployed six top-notch investigators to conduct full criminal investigations against some of its officers alleged to have sexually assaulted […]
The Coalition for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion (Copua) said the proposed Termination of Pregnancy Bill contains some gaps which need to be addressed before Parliament endorses it. Malawi Parliament is yet to debate on the proposed government bill which seeks to amend the current laws that restrict abortion in the country. The bill is […]
Friends of Mabilabo (FOM) on Sunday threatened to takeover affairs of Kanyika Niobium Mining which is currently being run by an Australian Company, Global Metals. Globe Metals has been accused of eroding the livelihoods of villagers in the area by degenerating them into abject poverty. Speaking when the grouping was donating mattresses and bed sheets […]
Malawi High Court has ruled that 11 prostitutes who were forced to take HIV tests by police six years ago will be awarded damages, a court official said Thursday citing a judgement. The sex workers were rounded up in 2009 in the southern city of Mwanza, hauled to a government hospital for HIV testing without […]
Malawi High Court judge Justice nyaKaunda Kamanga on Wednesday ruled that the police and medical personnel violated the rights of 11 Mwanza women by subjecting them to mandatory HIV testing, setting a precedent by declaring that mandatory testing of HIV/AIDS is illegal and unconstitutional. Lawyer representing the 11 women, Chrispine Sibande, filed an application in court on March 10 […]
Coalition for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion (COPUA) has persuaded Members of Parliament from Legal Affairs Committee on the need to reform the abortion law in the country to ensure that no woman dies from unsafe abortion. Copua organised a dialogue meeting with Legal Affairs Committee on Women’s Rights, Unsafe Abortion and Law Reform in Malawi held at […]
A strong call has gone out to Malawi government authorities to immediately consider reviewing the country’s existing restrictive abortion laws to save lives of women and girls mostly from poor families who are dying to due to complications from unsafe abortion services sought from untrained people in their neighborhoods. The call was made Tuesday night during […]
Over 50 sex workers from the country’s hotspots converged at Lilongwe Hotel for two days where they formed a nationwide sex workers alliance and elected a national working committee. Although sex work is illegal in the country, human rights lawyer Chrispin Sibande said since the Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to association and opinion, […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) deputy director for legal affairs, Chrispin Sibande, has resigned in protest over ill-treatment by his employers after he was denied an opportunity for interviews as Director of the Department of Legal Affairs. “I have resigned. I was not treated well, it was very unfair for the Commission not to even […]
The billboard has no militant language, graphic pictures or cleverly obscure message just a group of neatly dressed Malawian activists politely urging respect for sexual minorities. But the sign along a busy road in the small African nation is a historic step after last year’s explosive jailing and pardon of a couple who held the […]