The High Court in Lilongwe has ordered government to compensate women who were harassed and sexually assaulted at Msundwe during retaliatory police attacks while simultaneously ordering Malawi Police Service to arrest police officers involved. High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda delivered the ruling and further ordered that assessment for the compensation should be done within 21 […]
A court in Mponela has sent a child rapist to Chilwa Reformatory Centre in Zomba which reforms juveniles by giving them vocational skills in areas such as carpentry, bricklaying, tailoring and farming. The Mponela First Grade Magistrate Court committed the 17 year old boy to Chilwa Reformatory Centre for two years for raping an 80 […]
A 17-year-old boy at Mponela in Dowa district is in police custody for allegedly raping an 80-year-old woman. The district police mouthpiece Kaitano Lubrino said the development occurred on Tuesday afternoon in a nearby bush where the victim (name withheld) was fetching firewood. According to the victim, she was grabbed and forced down by the […]
Thumbs up to Catherine Kunje, an employee of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) for having the courage to share her personal experience on sexual harassment in the workplace, an issue most survivors would not dare talk about. Sexual harassment and abuse is happening not only at MBC, but in other companies, organisations and even in […]
Allegations have surfaced of sexual abuse and inhumane treatment against a staff member of Panda Supermarket and Bakery of Pakistan origin operating in Lilongwe, towards some Malawians which include allegations of rape of a 12 year old girl. The issue came to light when Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati on […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has set July 30-and 31, 2020 as the dates it will start hearing the case in which suspected police officers are being accused of raping and sexually assaulting women in and around Msundwe, Mpingu and M’bwatalika on the outskirts of Lilongwe. The Women Lawyers Association (WLA) has since been granted […]
Malawi Police in Chikwawa have arrested a 27-year-old Yezani Chumachalowa (for allegedly raping a 75-year-old woman. Chikwawa Police Station Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Dickson Matemba, said the incident occurred on the night of May 3, 2020 when the victim and the suspect were coming from drinking locally-brewed beer in Tumeyo Village, Traditional Authority Chapananga […]
Dozens of women took to the streets of Malawi’s capital on Monday to protest against sexual violence after a series of alleged police assaults on women last year. About 90 protesters, most of them women, marched through Lilongwe in silence to mark She Decides Day – a global movement launched in 2017 after organisations that […]
Malawi Police in Dowa have arrested a man who is suspected to have attacked a 16-year-old girl, raped her and killed her. Dowa police station spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino said the rape and murder of Folio Paulo happened on Sunday afternoon when she was coming from Mphangala village in Chief Dzoole’s area where she had gone […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has disclosed that it will report t the Malawi Police Service (MPS) officers to the United Nations (UN) during the 2020 Summit in Geneva, Switzerland over the sexual assaults of women in and around Msundwe area along the Lilongwe-Mchinji Road in October last year. HRDC vice chairperson Gift Trapence said […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) women wing says it is dragging the Malawi Police Service to court after its failure to arrest and prosecute officers named as suspects who allegedly raped women in and around Msundwe area along the Lilongwe-Mchinji Road in October last year. Barbara Banda, women coordinator for HRDC and also chairperson of […]
Women Lawyers Association (WLA) of Malawi says it is taking legal action against the Malawi Police Service over its officers who allegedly raped women in and around Msundwe area along the Lilongwe-Mchinji Road in October last year. The association’s president Tadala Chinkwezule says the women lawyers have been compelled to take the legal action because “the […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) on Thursday staged a peaceful demonstration attracting thousands of protestors in Lilongwe demanding Malawi Police Service (MPS) to name, shame and prosecute its officers who allegedly raped women in and around Msundwe area along the Lilongwe-Mchinji Road in October last year. Unlike the anti-Jane Ansah protests when violence and looting marred […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has vowed to proceed with its planned demonstrations this Thursday to push for the arrest of the police officers alleged to have raped women in and around Msundwe area along the Lilongwe-Mchinji Road in October last year. HRDC officials said they would proceed with demonstrations to protest the police officers’ […]
Malawi Police Service (MPS) says it has commenced full criminal investigations against some of its officers alleged to have sexually assaulted women and girls at Msundwe, M’bwatalika and Mpingu in Lilongwe, promising the matter will reach a logical conclusion. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for police responsible for administration, John Nyondo disclosed this Tuesday at Police […]
A prominent human rights lawyer has doubted the Malawi Police Service (MPS) will be able to investigate its own officers over serious allegations of rape at Msundwe in Lilongwe two months ago. Police says it has deployed six top-notch investigators to conduct full criminal investigations against some of its officers alleged to have sexually assaulted […]
The Malawi Police Service (MPs) says criminal investigations into officers alleged to have sexually molested women in Lilongwe at Msundwe are at advanced stage with a promised that they will be no shielding of the errant cops. According to a recent report by the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), police officers raped 13 women, defiled […]
President Peter Mutharika says he is waiting for a thorough police investigation on the on rape incidents allegedly committed by police officers around Msundwe area in Lilongwe before taking action. Mutharika said this in his New Year’s message amid calls from both local and international rights bodies for swift action against police officers implicated in […]