Malawi will not abolish the death penalty from its laws, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Principal Secretary and Solicitor General Janet Banda told United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday. Banda said when formally presented the responses to the committee’s question on whether the country had plans to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to […]
The death penalty as enshrined in the country’s laws should be implemented on the offenders, the country’s supreme Muslim body, Ulama Council of Malawi has appealed. Although Malawi retains the death penalty it has not carried out an execution since 1992. This forces some to believe that it has a policy or established practice of […]
Malawi should abolish the death penalty because it is barbaric and inhuman, the Community of Sant’Egidio, a Christian community that is officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a “Church public lay association” has said. Under the Cities for life programme, the Community has embarked on a campaign to force government to end the […]
Zimbabwe government has hired a Malawian prolific hangman who is expected to execute about 76 inmates on death row, two of them women, after a seven-year hiatus. Since the last hangman retired in 2005, Zimbabwe has not executed any prisoners. But state-run Herald newspaper reported that the post has been filled by a Malawian executioner. […]
Many people Malawi are supporting for the retention and implementation of capital punishment on the offenders. This has been revealed by the Malawi’s Attorney general Antony Kamanga who was opening the seminar for the lawyers on sensitization on sentencing on capital offences in the capital Lilongwe on Tuesday. Malawi Human Rights Commission in conjunction with […]