SALC supported the wife of the late former commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Brigadier Maaparankoe Mahao, to oppose court proceedings brought to set aside an investigation into her…
Staff Writer29 October 2016
In February 2016, 19 women were arrested and charged with the offence of living on the earnings of prostitution contrary to section 146 of the Penal Code. The women pleaded…
Staff Writer28 September 2016
ANHPG3 Kamazu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi. Image shot 2006. Exact date unknown. Southern Africa bears a disproportionate burden of HIV globally and indications are that stigma and discrimination remain high, not…
Staff Writer28 September 2016
Throughout the world, sex workers are vulnerable to and experience discrimination, stigma and violence in all spheres of their daily lives – including at work, public institutions, and facilities, and…
Staff Writer24 September 2016
Nyasa Times 2 September 2016 Attorney General’s office has asked the Constitutional Court to throw out an application by Blantyre-based vendor Mayeso Gwanda who is challenging the constitutionality of the…
Staff Writer7 September 2016
Blantyre-On 1 September 2016, a three-member bench of the High Court of Malawi will hear arguments on the constitutionality of section 184(1)(c) of the Penal Code. The applicant is a…
Staff Writer31 August 2016
International Detention Coalition 6 July 2016 The Malawi Immigration Law Audit highlights why children who have fled their home countries should not be in held in detention. As part of…
Staff Writer7 July 2016
The Centre for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) today launched an Audit of Malawi’s immigration laws making a list of 24…
Staff Writer20 May 2016
SALC is working with the Centre for Human Rights Education Advocacy and Advice (CHREAA), building on previous work establishing a right to bail for terminally ill remandees, to develop a right to palliative care…
Staff Writer24 March 2016