The International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed receipt of Vice-President Saulos Chilima report and, currently, they are busy analyzing it. Chilima submitted a report to ICC on June 2020 reporting President Peter Mutharika and Acting Inspector General of Police Duncan Mwapasa for alleged criminal offences committed between 2018 and 2020. The Office of the Prosecutor […]
President Peter Mutharika has rubbished the country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima for reporting him and Acting Inspector General of Police Duncan Mwapasa to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes against humanity allegedly committed between 2018 and 2020. Spokesperson for Mutharika, Mgeme Kalilani, poured scorn on the calls for ICC action against the Malawian president. […]
President Peter Mutharika and acting Inspector General of Police Duncan Mwapasa are possible candidates for international criminal prosecution and after the country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima has reported the two to the International Criminal Court (ICC), over crimes against humanity committed between 2018 and 2020. Chilima – fervently called SKC – had warned recently that […]
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Francis Katsaira has told parliament that Malawi will not join the mass withdrawal of African countries who are pulling out from International Criminal Court (ICC) designed to prosecute those who commit the gravest atrocities. The Hague-based ICC, launched at the turn of the century as an ambitious effort to bring […]
A consortium of human rights civil society organisations has asked President Peter Mutharika not to bow down to demands by African Union to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Robert Mkwezalamba, the chaiperson of Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) says the reasons advanced by the African Union are not pertinent enough to force […]
Malawi government is opposing the departure of African countries from the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it will not join the mass withdrawal of African countries who are pulling out from the world body designed to prosecute those who commit the gravest atrocities. The Hague-based ICC, launched at the turn of the century as an ambitious […]
Malawi government has been advised not to break ties with the International Criminal Court (ICC) saying the country should maintain recognising its jurisdiction. A proposal by Kenya pushing for a pullout from the ICC has been backed by African leaders, repeating claims it unfairly targets the continent. Chad’s President Idriss Deby, elected African Union chairman […]
Malawi government has reiterated its commitment to the Rome Statute of International Criminal Justice (ICC) by stating that it will not take heed of calls from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to withdraw from ICC ahead of the 25th African Union Summit, which will take place in South African from June 7 to 15. The Minister […]
Two outspoken Malawian activists have taken to the social media to criticise the visit of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the country accusing him of “war crimes” like Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. Blantyre-based think-tank Institute for Policy Interaction (IPI) executive director Rafiq Hajat argued that if Malawi could bar Bashir from visiting the […]
A High court in Kenya has issued a warrant to necessitate and effect an arrest on Sudan President Omar Al Bashir, President Bingu wa Mutharika’s ally, wanted for alleged crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court (ICC) should he ever set his foot in the eastern African country again. The court ruling comes after […]
Malawi has sent a response to the Hague based International Criminal Court (ICC) following a request to submit an explanation on why it failed to arrest Sudanese ruler Omar Hassan al-Bashir during his recent visit to the country. Minister of Foreign Affairs Arthur-Peter Mutharika – a professor at law – issued the explanation after ICC […]
Malawi Government is reported to have designed a response to the Hague based International Criminal Court (ICC) following a request to submit an explanation on why it failed to arrest Sudanese ruler Omar Hassan al-Bashir during his recent visit to the country. Bashir, facing ten counts of war charges, crimes against humanity and genocide he […]
By Thom Chiumia, Nyasa Times Malawi civil society organisations which organised the July 20 demonstrations have made a call to International Criminal Court (ICC) in Hague to investigate President Bingu wa Mutharika and his cronies for the use of lethal force during a crackdown on anti-government protests. At least 19 people were killed during a […]