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Bail to a woman who gave birth while in custody

Zomba–On Friday 13 November, the High Court of Malawi, sitting at Zomba granted bail pending review to a young woman who gave birth while she was in custody. The Applicant,…

Staff Writer17 November 2015

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The dangerous accountability deficit in Malawi’s health sector

Annabel Raw Thought Leader Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world and is heavily dependent on aid. About 40% of its annual budget comes from international donors.…

Staff Writer12 November 2015

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Solving the Ethiopian puzzle

29 September 2015 Malawi Nation Migration experts say Malawi lies on the South Road, an unchartered route for irregular migrants from the Horn of Africa in their trek to South…

Staff Writer30 September 2015

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Freedom of expression litigation workshop – Call for applications freedom of expression litigation workshop

JOHANNESBURG 16 – 18 SEPTEMBER 2015 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) will hold a litigation workshop on the right…

Staff Writer20 July 2015

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Malawi High Court to deliver landmark ruling on HIV mandatory ruling

19 May 2015 The Malawi High Court will on Wednesday deliver landmark ruling on HIV and AIDS mandatory testing in a case of State versus Mwanza Police, District Hospital Ministry…

Staff Writer21 May 2015

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Malawi sex workers win forced HIV test case

The Nation The High Court in Blantyre yesterday ruled in favour of 11 sex workers who were subjected to a mandatory HIV test in Malawi’s southern district of Mwanza in…

Staff Writer21 May 2015

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Malawi High Court Rules Mandatory HIV Testing is Unconstitutional

By Anneke Meerkotter, Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and Ian Southey-Swartz, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) In 2009, a group of women, presumed to be sex workers, was arrested as…

Staff Writer20 May 2015

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Malawi: Mandatory HIV testing of women

On 10 March 2011, eleven women from Mwanza, Malawi, filed an application in the Blantyre High Court challenging their subjection to mandatory HIV tests, the admission of the HIV test…

Staff Writer20 May 2015

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NEWS RELEASE: MALAWI HIGH COURT DECLARES MANDATORY HIV TESTING UNCONSTITUTIONAL

NEWS RELEASE: MALAWI HIGH COURT SAYS MANDATORY HIV TESTING VIOLATES CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS Blantyre, 20 May 2015 – Today, Justice Dorothy nyaKaunda Kamanga, handed down judgment in the Blantyre High Court in…

Staff Writer20 May 2015

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Malawi court declares mandatory HIV testing illegal: Sex workers win case

20 May 2015 Malawi High Court judge Justice nyaKaunda Kamanga on Wednesday ruled that the police and the medical personnel violated the rights of 11 Mwanza women by subjecting them…

Staff Writer20 May 2015

Malawi

Bail to a woman who gave birth while in custody

The dangerous accountability deficit in Malawi’s health sector

Solving the Ethiopian puzzle

Freedom of expression litigation workshop – Call for applications freedom of expression litigation workshop

Malawi High Court to deliver landmark ruling on HIV mandatory ruling

Malawi sex workers win forced HIV test case

Malawi High Court Rules Mandatory HIV Testing is Unconstitutional

Malawi: Mandatory HIV testing of women

NEWS RELEASE: MALAWI HIGH COURT DECLARES MANDATORY HIV TESTING UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Malawi court declares mandatory HIV testing illegal: Sex workers win case

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