State rights body, the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has launched an investigation into the petrol bombing of vocal civil rights activist Timothy Mtambo’s offices last week. MHRC executive secretary David Nungu whose organization visited the offices of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), offices of Mtambo on Monday, declared that an attack […]
Outgoing Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) chairman Justin Dzonzi has asked the government to up its funding to the state run rights body, saying the commission has sometimes failed to execute its duties due to lack of funding. Dzonzi said this on Friday in Lilongwe where he and the other commissioners bid farewell to the […]
The State-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah to consider concerns raised by electoral stakeholders over the first phase of the voter registration exercise which had seen many people failing to register, saying they should conduct the registration again. The first phase of the voter registration exercise […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission MHRC) has given the government up to July 1 to operationalise the Access to Information law which was assented into law in 2017. Commissioner Benedicto Kondowe however fell short of what the state human rights body would do if the government fails to put into effect the law. “We are giving […]
State rights body, the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says it has put on hold its decision to investigate the death of Issah Njauju, who was the third in command at graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). MHRC chairman Justin Dzonzi said the decision has been reached at after the government said it would […]
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has outlined a roadmap on how it plans to implement the Access to Information (ATI) Act that President Peter Mutharika assented to last month. The Act, it is believed, will go a long way in helping to promote principles of transparency and accountability – both of which are catalysts […]
Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Samuel Tembenu says the much talked Access to Information bill can only be operational after the Information Minister decides when. Tembenu said the Minister of Information, Communication and Technology Nicholas Dausi will decide when to gazette the law after consulting the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) which will act as […]
President Peter Mutharika has appealed to the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) to extend their work to areas of tax evasion and money laundering as they also contribute to denying people from enjoying their full economic rights. The President who was speaking at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre when he met with commissioners of the MHRC […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has said it is collecting “relevant facts” lin its investigations into alleged shooting of an unarmed 14-year old student by Chatoloma Police in Kasungu district. MHRC director of civil and political rights, Peter Chisi, said the commission is investigating and incident where Humphreys Jere Junior, a student of Mbapapi Private Secondary […]
Officials from the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) say they will be meeting next week to find ways of forcing authorities open public universities. this follows a petition that Youth and Society presented to MHRC last week. MHRC chairman Justin Dzonzi said the commissioners will meet to see if the case is within its jurisdction […]
Taxpayer-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has said cabinet records should be part of the information which citizens should be given chance to access inlinewith yet-to-be passed Access to Information (ATI) Bill. Members of Parliament (MPs) under the Parliamentary Committee on Media, Information and Communication are meeting various stakeholders to get their views on the much-awaited ATI […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) officials say they are investigating reports that a prisoner died at Mikuyu Prison in Zomba in a commotion that led to 16 others escaping. Peter Chisi, an official of MHRC said the commission received reports of the death of the prisoner last week. “We were told that he was killed […]
Members of parliament have asked the government to review conditions of service for tax funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), saying they should not be drawing a monthly salary as they are not full time employees of the state rights body. Legislators from both the government and opposition sides temporary spoke with one voice on […]
The influential Chewa Senior Chief Kaomba of Kasungu has cautioned against arbitray arrests which are politically motivated, saying President Peter Mutharika’s cabinet ministers and a pool of his advisors should work for the best interests of Malawians. Chief Kaomba made the remarks during a news conferencee in Lilongwe organized by the Chiefs Forum. Since Sunday […]
State funded Malawi Human Rights Commission has threatened to institute a parallel investigation into the death of a senior Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officer Issa Njauju. The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) chairperson Justin Dzonzi said this on Wednesday in Lilongwe ahead of human rights day on Thursday. Dzonzi wondered why the state is taking […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Maxon Mbendera has reacted to a Nyasa Times columnist who linked him to the President Peter Mutharika’s family tree, saying he is “flattered” but he is “not related to the Mutharikas.” Justice Mbendera was reacting to an article that was published on Nyasa Times under the headline, “Malawi poor country […]
A delegation of the state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) Commissioners and secretariat staff presented to the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs a detailed report on the 2014 tripartite elections which ushered President Peter Mutharika to power controversially, and indicated the polls were not “credible”. Chairperson of MHRC, Sophie Kalinde stated that commission monitored all […]
The Malawi Human Rights Commission, (the Commission), has noted with concern the spate of industrial actions and strikes by employees of public sector organisations, some of which are taking place outside of the context of any negotiations, and their legality is questionable. This is following the findings of the Commission’s human rights monitoring functions, in […]