Child Justice Court Judge, Esmie Tembenu, has said Malawi Police officers must not exclude government vehicles when conducting searches for potential criminal activities, including human trafficking. Tembenu was speaking during a public discussion on the role of society in supporting victims of human trafficking at Malawi College of Medicine in Blantyre. “Often when police are […]
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lilongwe City Council, Kelvin M’mangisa, is refusing to testify as state witness in the trial of five Malawian human rights defenders, Ms Habiba Osman and Messrs Billy Mayaya, Brian Nyasulu, Ben Chiza Mkandawire and Comfort Chitseko, at the Lilongwe Magistrate Court. They are charged with holding an illegal demonstration under […]
Youth Association for Democracy (YADEMA) director of gender justice, Habiba Osman, sayd the campaign to empower women can easily be achieved if the youth are enganged. Osman said this, when was speaking in a public discussion titled “the role of the youth in promoting women’s rights” held in American embassy auditorium in Old Mutual building […]
Youth Association for Democracy (YADEMA) Secretary General, Leonard Matanda has said it is wrong for anyone to claim that God forbids women from wearing trousers Matanda was speaking during a panel discussion aired live on Trans World Radio in Lilongwe. He said people who argue that the bible forbids women from wearing trousers simply misunderstand […]
A strongly-worded joint statement by the Youth Association for Democracy (YADEMA) and Gender Justice in Malawi has reprimanded the Malawi Police Service for failing to curtail thugs in the Capital City in Lilongwe who on Tuesday scandalized and stripped naked women dressed in trousers to the point of almost raping them. In the statement signed […]
Human rights lawyer Habiba Osman and activist Ben Chiza Mkandawire on Thursday gave women inmates at Maula prison in Lilongwe Christmas gifts by donating food stuffs, toiletries and baby food for a new born whose mother is on remand and the prison. During the year, Osman and Mkandawire had been remanded at Maula Prison when […]
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 […]
Freedom of expression may be guaranteed in the Malawi Constitution, but it is still not being fully enjoyed by the country’s citizens, a human rights lawyer has said. Lawyer, Habiba Osman told a radio programme on Trans World Radio that Malawi has made positive changes from what the situation used to be during the reign […]
A Magistrate, who was supposed to determine bail application for five activists being held in connection with a peaceful protest in the capital Lilongwe , did not show up for the ruling and police took them back in their custody. The five – Billy Mayaya, Habiba Osman a lawyer with the development NGO Norwegian Church […]
Amnesty International o Monday called on Malawian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release five activists being held in connection with a peaceful protest in the capital Lilongwe on Friday. The five – Billy Mayaya, Habiba Osman a lawyer with the development NGO Norwegian Church Aid, as well as Brian Nyasulu, Ben Chiza Mkandawire and Comfort […]