Former Malawi president Bakili Muluzi has asked his doctors to allow him return home from South Africa where he travelled to receive medical treatment following the arrest of his son, lawmaker and presidential hopeful Atupele Muluzi. Atupele was arrested by Police in Lilongwe on Tuesday as he was travelling to Blantyre. He has been detained […]
Malawi security forces stormed the residence af presidential aspirant Atupele Muluzi in Lilongwe in the early hours of Monday and yielded nothing. Police sources at the National Headquarters told Nyasa Times that they have issued a warrant of arrest for the opposition MP, who was not at the house during the search. “A warrant has […]
Malawi Police on Saturday evening released on bail John Kapito, who chairs the state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), after charging him with possession of seditious material and foreign currency without valid documents. Earlier, security forces led by Lexa Chalera, the head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Malawi Police, raided the house of Kapito in […]
A top human rights activist has been arrested in Malawi, in what observers deplores as an attempt to silence government critics. John Kapito, chairperson of the state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), was arrested on Saturday in Lilongwe. Malawi police spokesman Davie Chingwalu confirmed the arrest , saying he was nabbed for “illegal possession of forex.” Chingwalu […]
As a Zimbabwean in the diaspora (South Africa), I have had the privilege of happily meeting many Malawians. Much to my dismay, however, as a Zimbabwean, I am not met with the same enthusiasm, in fact rather the opposite, much hostility which has unfortunately seen me slowly change my mind about Malawians being the warm people they […]
The Law Society of Scotland has called for an end to a surge of intimidation and violence against Malawi lawyers and has also urged the Bingu wa Mutharika government to resolve the current judicial strike action. The Scottish Lawyers made the plea in a statement released on Friday and a copy made available to Nyasa Times. “We have developed a close […]
The U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, has commenced a five-nation Africa tour that will take her to Malawi to tackle issues of governance, which is the shortfall of the President Bingu wa Mutharika administration The tour which begins on March 3 is to end on March 11, will also take her to […]
People’s Transformation Party (Petra) UK wing has written the House of Commons to investigate the deterioarating human rights situation in Malawi. British Labour MP for Nottingham north Graham Allen, said he shares concern for the deteriorating protection of human rights of Malawi’s citizens. “Hopefully because of the world-wide publicity garnered by the arrest of Malawi’s […]
Malawians of concern to their country have been asked to collectively stand up, resist and fight recent advances by President Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration which signify a blatant abuse and total disregard of human rights and the rule of law that are steadily taking the country back to the dark days of autocratic rule. The […]
Former Malawi president Bakili Muluzi, currently undergoing medical treatment in South Africa, has given his support to the campaign to free human rights lawyer and activist Ralph Kasambara. Speaking on his hospital bed in Cape Town, South Africa, Muluzi who is a goodwill ambassador and messenger of justice and human rights for Africa said the government […]
A series of online lectures: Are you in despair because of the injustice we are experiencing in Malawi? Are you immobilised because you don’t know what to do to have the status quo changed? If your answers to the above questions are yes then you are the right student to grace these teachings. Welcome to the online class! Well, cast your eyes around the […]
Malawian journalists have been challenged to fully investigate and apply analytical mind on issues to do with gender, human rights and HIV and AIDS other than just reporting. The call was made in Mangochi at the end of a three-day orientation of training manual on gender mainstreaming, human rights based approach to HIV and AIDS […]
The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemn this week’s persecution of Malawi’s former Attorney-General, Ralph Kasambara, and express alarm at the country’s continuing slide away from established principles of democracy and rule of law. A high-profile lawyer and outspoken critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika, Kasambara […]
Former ministers and leader of Maravi People’s Party (MPP), Uladi Mussa asked government to explain if it has silently declared the troubled a state of emergency in the troubled southern African country. Uladi made the statement in Parliament sitting in Lilongwe, demanding Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to explain why government is still detaining […]
One of the obvious reasons for Malawi’s fight for democracy was for people to get back their freedoms which were denied by Dr Kamuzu Banda’s dictatorship. As it were, of more important is the freedom of expression through which alternative views for running the country can be offered. To start with it must be mentioned […]
The political persecution of outspoken critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika, lawyer Ralph Kasambara, has deepened as the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has now zeroed in on the matter by summoning lawyers Wapona Kita and Jonathan Kara in Kasambara’s law firm, Ralph and Arnolds . The lawyers have been summoned to explain how they got […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has vehemently rejected claims that southern African nation is sliding towards full-blown dictatorship. Mutharika in an exclusive interview published with the British broadsheet daily, The Guardian, he dismissed claims that he was becoming more autocratic and intolerant to criticism. “It’s total nonsense because there’s no country in sub-Saharan Africa that […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has hired a hit-squad from his political ally Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe to deal with critics and activist, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have claimed. Presidential spokesperson Heatherwick Ntaba has however refuted the allegations as baseless. Acting national coordinator of Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), Reverend MacDonald Sembereka, speaking at a […]