Civil society organisations, including Youth and Society (YAS) and Oxfam Malawi, have requested the Malawi Law Commission to review section 138 of the penal code, raising two “failures” of the legislation which they say “bring about unfairness” in the application of the law. Section 138 of the Penal Code provides for the offence of defilement […]
Two Non-governmental organisations, Youth and Society (YAS) and Oxfam Malawi, have written the office of the Chief Justice, expressing their concerns over what they call “imposition of lenient sentences” by the lower courts in sentencing sexual offenses. They say these “huge discrepancies” in sentencing sexual offences undermine the “bar” the High Court raised in sentences […]
Ombudsman Martha Chizuma on Thursday released a report titled ‘Upholding Professionalism,’ an investigation that her Office carried out into allegations of abuse of power and other acts of maladministration in the procedure of procuring and engaging South African (SA) lawyers by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for the presidential election appeal case in which former Attorney […]
Two powerful local rights organisations have told Minister of Homeland Security, Richard Chimwendo Banda to resign following his remarks encouraging communities to use ‘mob justice ‘ on alleged perpetrators of sexual offences. Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Youth and Society (YAS) say the minister’s remarks are tantamount to calling for anarchy and […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS) have written a letter to Minister if Foreign Affairs Elsenwhower Mkaka asking President Lazarus Chakwera , who will be on a two-day State visit to Harare, to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa to “tone down” on escalation of human rights violations. In […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS) have expressed serious concern over the decision by the Tonse Alliance-led government to cut funding to the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) and the National Audit Office (NAO) in the 2020/2021 national budget. The two human rights watchdogs, in a statement […]
The Mzuzu-based Youth and Society (YAS) has made an impassioned plea to the government to ensure that there is adequate inclusivity in the current development of a successor policy to the 2013 National Youth Policy which expired in 2018. Theorganisation noted that there have been inadequate consultations in the review processes but commended the government […]
Malawi’s human rights watchdogs, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS), have expressed excitement with the arrest 12 police officers suspected to be behind the killing of Buleya Lule. Lule died in police custody at the Lilongwe Police Station on 21 February 2019, just a few hours after […]
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have asked government to reduce the cost of information and communication technology (ICT) services, especially Internet and mobile phones in view of the suspension of physical meetings. The call has been made in a statement jointly issued by leaders of Centre for Human Rights and Rehabiliation (CHRR), Youth and Society […]
Malawi Watch executive director Billy Banda, a human rights activist , has questioned the conduct by the law enforcing agencies Malawi Police Services and the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of persecuting the opposition while serving the interest of the state while Youth and Society (YAS) says there long arm of the law should reach offenders. […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Youth and Society (YAS) have written the Chairperson of the Defence and Security Committee of Parliament, Ken Zikhale Ng’oma, registering its concern over security lapse in the country and failure by the Committee to act. CHRR acting executive director Michael Kaiyatsa and YAS executive director Charles Kajoloweka, […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS) have alleged that some political leaders are manipulating and mobilising young people to perpetrate violence against their opponents to further their selfish political objectives. According to CHRR and YAS, the alleged politicians are taking advantage of the poverty and vulnerability of […]
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS) have set a number of demands that candidates for the fresh presidential election must commit to undertake whether in government or in opposition after the poll. CHRR and YAS are, among others, demanding that the candidates should guarantee protection and safety […]
Youth and Society (YAS) executive director, Charles Kajoloweka, has said he is delighted with the launch of investigations into the suspected professional misconduct by Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale and the illegal payment he allegedly received from Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). YAS, a Mzuzu-based human rights and governance watchdog, had initially written the Office of […]
Following a request by Mzuzu-based civil society organisation Youth and Society (YAS), the Ombudsman has launched investigations into Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) procurement of legal services of South Africa-based law firm—Mboweni Maluleke Inc Attorneys—to defend the case in the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal at a contract sum of $788 500 (about K600 million). YAS […]
It is no longer a pouring rain, but hailstorm for the embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Fresh from the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) where it was slapped with a K9 billion bill in legal costs, the electoral body faces another legal battle over the payments it made to Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale and […]
Mzuzu-based governance and human rights watchdog, Youth and Society (YAS), has commended the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for stopping the dubious recruitment of revenue and customs officers at Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and called upon the tax collection body not to turn into a ‘camp-site’ for the governing Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP). MRA wanted to […]
Mzuzu-based civil society organisation, Youth and Society (YAS), has penned Ombudsman Martha Chizuma to probe the conduct of the Attorney General (A-G) Kalekeni Kaphale in relation to the retention of South African lawyers and the attendant expense on public money, as well as payments deemed “illegal” he received from the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for […]