Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Centre for Development of the People (CEDEP) have expressed concerns over reports that the Association for Secular Humanists (Ash), an anti-God secular non-government organisation popularly known for the advocacy against witchcraft based violence, has been facing discrimination and resistance from some quarters in both government and the […]
Just a few months after President Joyce Banda’s failure to sign the to sign the Table Mountain Declaration media accord, two leading Civil Society Organisations in the area of human rights, rule of law and democratic governance have come out strongly against the government for its continued inaction to endorse the document, urging it to ‘follow the footsteps’ […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Malawi working in the Public Health and HIV and AIDS Management Sector on Friday marched to Parliament to present their grievances on what they called ‘the persistently inadequate’ national budget allocation to the health sector and in the process calling for a 15% allocation. The grouping, which included organizations like […]
Malawi rights groups have raised concerns over growing homophobia against sexual minorities. The nation’s laws have outlawed same-sex relationships since colonialism under Britain, and a sodomy conviction carries a 14-year prison sentence. But there has been a debate to decriminalize homosexuality which has received resistance from faith group and traditional leaders. The Centre for Human […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) is making a strong appeal to government authorities to swiftly act on a case of a nine-year-old child who was born with both male and female sexual organs in the central region lakeshore district of Salima. The CHRR Senior Community Health Advocate and District Project Officer in Salima, […]
As Malawi commemorates Kamuzu Day on May 14y, two leading civil society groups in the area of good governance and human rights have urged the government to expedite the process of putting in place a Heroes’ Policy to guide the country on whom to accord the Hero or Heroine accolade. Centre for Human Rights and […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) have asked Malawians not to use religion and culture to ‘punish’ homosexuals and other sexual minorities. CHRR Programmes Manager Timothy Mtambo made the call Monday in Mzuzu in his key note address to mark the opening of a two-day workshop […]
Malawi government should clear the legal challenges to ensure the holding of the local polls alongside parliamentary and presidential election in 2014, says Undule Mwakasungula, Executive Director of Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR. Speaking during the official opening of area development committee training in Mchinji district Monday, Mwakasungura pointed out that Malawi’s failure […]
Paper presented at a Workshop on Community Policing, Lilongwe. Introduction Basically my presentation is on what we have been doing in Malawi in regard to promoting community safety/security and firearms control in partnership with the Police and local communities. I am not speaking on behalf of the Malawi police but from the civil society point […]
Malawi’s two prominent human rights groups have advised the governing People’s Party (PP) to hold its first ever national convention on August 27 in a democratic manner and avoid making the event a charade. The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) boss Undule Mwakasungula and Centre for Development of the People (CEDEP) head Gift […]
Malawians are being asked to treat those who have homosexual tendencies with respect and compassion, two leading rights groups said on Thursday. Mrs Charity Salima, board member of the technical working group for Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (CEDEP), told media practitioners at a training workshop that […]
Malawi has been called upon to domesticate the Rome Statutes that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). The call was made during an International Criminal Justice consultative forum on the compliance and respect for the ICC decisions and requests currently underway in Mombasa, Kenya. Speaking during the forum that’s brought together civil society organisations (CSOs) […]
Two prominent Malawi human rights organisations have described the call by the former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that government should call for a national referendum to solicit views of Malawians on the issue of scrapping laws against homosexuality as “retrogressive”. DPP’s recently issued a statement after rock superstar Sir Elton John hailed President Joyce Banda for […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Centre for Development of the People (CEDEP) have called on Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) to abandon the implementation of what’s become known as the “spy machine”. The human rights organisations through their leaders, Undule Mwakasungula (CHRR) and Gift Trapence (CEDEP) said in statement made […]
Unless government include high risk groups in national HIV programming and funding priorities, Malawi will not achieve anything in the fight against further spread of HIV, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) alerted district officials on Sunday. CHRR Programs Manager, Timothy Mtambo, made the remarks in Salima on Sunday, when the organization briefed District […]
The 2012/13 national budget is a calling to everyone, especially those in government to speak and walk the austerity talk, and realize that time for hyper-expenditure is beneath the country, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) have said. The two organizations also asked the PP […]
We trust this finds you well. We kindly write to advice that we are concerned and monitoring with keen interest the developments at Kayelekera in light of the industrial action. As NGOs, we strongly believe that decent conditions for workers at Kayerekera Uranium Mine (KUM) and community members living in the mine catchment area is […]
Malawi’s human rights watchdogs have reacted to President Bingu wa Mutharika’s Friday parliament opening address, trashing his ‘hot air’ claims that the civil society organisations are conniving with external forces to bring about regime change in Malawi. The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) said in […]