Tag archives: Frontline

Amnesty, Frontline Defenders ask Malawi to release Kasambara

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The arrest and persecution of Ralph Kasambara, a human rights lawyer and former attorney  general, has caught the attention of international watchdogs who  are calling on  Malawian authorities to comply immediately with a court order to free him. Amnesty International and Ireland based FrontLine Defenders have issued statements calling on the release of Kasambara. FrontLine Defenders  said […]

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No DPP consent for activists, call to drop case

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The trial of five Malawian human rights defenders, Ms Habiba Osman and Messrs Billy Mayaya, Brian Nyasulu, Ben Chiza Mkandawire and Comfort Chitseko,  has been adjourned to Janury 13 2012 at the Lilongwe Magistrate Court after state prosecutors did not obtain  consent from Director of Public Prosecution to proceed witht the case. The activists were […]

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