Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have asked government to reduce the cost of information and communication technology (ICT) services, especially Internet and mobile phones in view of the suspension of physical meetings. The call has been made in a statement jointly issued by leaders of Centre for Human Rights and Rehabiliation (CHRR), Youth and Society […]
The Joint Civil Society Observer Mission has urged a new government to be formed after the fresh presidential elections to bolster the fight against corruption amid the many scandals that have erupted involving public officials. The grouping which included Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), Women’s Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC), Youth Net and Counseling (YONECO), Church […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Youth and Society (YAS) have written the Chairperson of the Defence and Security Committee of Parliament, Ken Zikhale Ng’oma, registering its concern over security lapse in the country and failure by the Committee to act. CHRR acting executive director Michael Kaiyatsa and YAS executive director Charles Kajoloweka, […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS) have alleged that some political leaders are manipulating and mobilising young people to perpetrate violence against their opponents to further their selfish political objectives. According to CHRR and YAS, the alleged politicians are taking advantage of the poverty and vulnerability of […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS) have set a number of demands that candidates for the fresh presidential election must commit to undertake whether in government or in opposition after the poll. CHRR and YAS are, among others, demanding that the candidates should guarantee protection and safety […]
The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has asked government to immediately comply with the Ombudsman’s order on National Compensation Tribunal to process compensation claims for people who suffered atrocities dueing one-party dictatorship rule under Malawi Congress Party (MCP). CHRR through its media statement released on Thursday, May 14 which is Kamuzu Day in Malawi, […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has urged governement to immediately operationalize the Access to Information (ATI) legislation to help enhance transparency and accountability in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. While recommending government for responding to calls to nationalize the COVID-19 response, the organization said it is well aware of the high […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has called for an all political party inclusiveness in the fight against the raging novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes at a time when Minister of Health Jappie Mhango said on Sunday that the country registered its first case of the virus in the north, bringing the number […]
The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) board has appointed Michael Kaiyatsa as an acting executive director of the organization. This is according to the media statement dated April 10, 2020 and signed by the organization’s board chairperson Mrs Charity Salima. The appointment follows the resignation of Timothy Mtambo who joined politics last month. […]
Communities of Mpata and Kasoba in the area of Paramount Chief Kyungu in Karonga have hailed Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) for introducing accountability clubs. The communities said the clubs which were established under the Health Governance Project are important as they contribute towards the improvement of health service delivery in the district. […]
State House has told the police to take up its rightful role in investigating an incident at the offices of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), one of the civil society organisations (CSOs) headquartered in Lilongwe, last week where five unknown thugs severely beat up a security guard before attempting to petrol-bomb the […]
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Southern African Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) have issued separate statements condemning increased threats and intimidation against human rights defenders and activists in Malawi. They two international bodies have called for the protection and civil society actors in the country and that police should […]
State rights body, the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has launched an investigation into the petrol bombing of vocal civil rights activist Timothy Mtambo’s offices last week. MHRC executive secretary David Nungu whose organization visited the offices of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), offices of Mtambo on Monday, declared that an attack […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) Executive Director, Timothy Mtambo, staged the purpoted attacks on his office, the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said. Central Region police spokesperson Norriet Chihana confirmed that they have received a report that thugs on Thursday evening twice terrorised the office CHRR in Lilongwe, severely beat up a […]
Malawi Police have confirmed that a gang of five men armed with pangas and dangerous implements roughed up a guard at the offices of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) in the capital, Lilongwe, demanding the address of its outspoken Executive Director Timothy Mtambo – who happens to be Human Rights Defender Coalition […]
Civil society activists say they are shocked with the low turn up in the first phase of the registration exercise which ends Monday and has since pleaded with the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to extend. Timothy Mtambo, executive director of Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), said this after reports of wide spread voter […]
Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) and the Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation—two vocal rights groupings—have organised a two-day training for human rights defenders in the country presently being held in Malawi’s administrative capital Lilongwe. The meeting is with funding from the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), and is being facilitated by Blessing Gorojena, […]
Human rights defender Timothy Mtambo has asked President Peter Mutharika to act on both Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa if they refuse to resign for their roles in the acquisition and distribution of the contentious K4 billion to members of Parliament (MPs). Mtambo, who heads the Centre […]