Tag archives: Kafantayeni

Miraculous walk to freedom: Malawi’s ‘eternal prisoner’ says God has been faithful

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi’s longest serving prisoner Yale Maonga, 47, who has been  incarcerated for 29 years said when he walked out to freedom that “God has been on my side. God has been faithful to me. I could have been dead and forgotten a long time ago.” Maonga, who was jailed when he was 18 year old […]

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130 prisoners walk to freedom from death row in Kafantayeni project

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Over 130 prisoners have walked to freedom after they were sentenced to hang since 2007, thanks to Kafantayeni cases resentencing project. Peter Chisi, the civil and political director at Malawi Human Rights Commission said the project is going on well. The project started in 2007 after a prisoner who was sentenced to death, challenged the […]

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