Malawi was well on its way to being a success story. Under Dr. Hastings Banda’s thirty year dictatorship, people had been robbed of their rights and freedoms. Post 1994 was an era of promise and hope for the better. The winds of change blew away the old ways of a one party autocracy. By 1996 […]
Malawi’s civil society organisations (CSOs) have expressed great concern over the deteriorating democratic standards within political parties in the country. Two of the country’s popular CSOs, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) say Lack of intra-party democracy augurs badly for the future of Malawi’s democracy, and […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation(CHRR) says as Malawi reflects on the selfless sacrifices of late Reverend John Chilembwe on January 15, they want the national martyr be remembered before mere holiday. “While we appreciate the setting aside of 15thJanuary every year in honour of all the brave sons and daughters involved in 1915 […]
If the problems Malawi is facing are being caused by Satan, then Satan is using the President because the problems centre on poor economic and political governance led by him as President, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Centre for Development of the People (CEDEP) have said. “We strongly ask President […]
The two civil society organisations have said Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has lost the mandate to rule because Malawians have lost trust in his government. The NGOs, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for the Development of People (Cedep), in a statement marking the commemoration of World Human Rights Day on […]
Malawi’s Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has complained that the media in the country is struggling to access information on mining because the players involved are reluctant to release it. CHRR’s Communications Officer Luke Tembo said the challenge is affecting the media’s efforts to relay relevant information that can help uplift the mining […]
Two of Malawi’s leading Human Rights organisations, Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of the People (CEDEP) are demanding that President Bingu wa Mutharika and his government must put in place political reforms that will be in line with good governance, respect for the rule of law, freedom of expression and […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) have added their voice to call on President Bingu wa Mutharika to expeditiously appoint a “meritorious” cabinet, having dissolved one on August 19, 2011. The two civil society organizations express their “fears and concerns” in a joint statement made available […]
A community task team from Malawi’s northern region district of Karonga has petitioned government for access to information that will enable them to effectively monitor mining activities in the area for compliance with fundamental human rights and labour standards. They petitioned the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment, the Department of Environmental Affairs, the […]