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Petty policing practices

African Disability Rights Yearbook Volume 12 Petty policing practices: Enforcement of minor offences against persons with psychosocial disabilities in three East African countries By Anneke Meerkotter Anneke Meerkotter contributed an…

Anneke Meerkotter21 February 2025

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Hardknock life for sex workers

The Weekend Nation 4 January 2024 By Lloyd Chitsulo Despite operating in a country where prostitution is not a crime, Malawian sex workers continue to face rampant abuse and exploitation.…

Staff Writer7 January 2025

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Activists welcome court ruling on undocumented immigrants

The Nation 2 August 2024 By Zororai Nkomo Human rights activists have welcomed the High Court ruling that 30 days should be reasonable time envisaged under the Immigration Act within…

Staff Writer2 August 2024

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NEWS RELEASE: Malawi High Court upholds protection of undocumented immigrants from arbitrary and indefinite detention.

30 July 2024, Blantyre – Yesterday, the Mzuzu High Court ordered that 30 days should be the reasonable time envisaged under the Immigration Act within which deportation of undocumented immigrants…

Staff Writer30 July 2024

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Police practices require a rethinking

The Nation 8 June 2024 By Zororai Nkomo Malawi is among African countries that have ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) but is still administering vagrancy…

Staff Writer8 June 2024

Parliament ‘sits on’ rogue, vagabond court order

The Daily Times 23 May 2023 By Thomas Kachere Some lawmakers have lamented Parliament's delays to facilitate the review of Section 184 of the Penal Code, which provides for the…

Staff Writer23 May 2024

Commemorating one-year anniversary of brutal refugees relocation exercise

Lilongwe, Malawi A joint statement was released on 20 May 2024, marking one year since the enforcement of a brutal refugee relocation exercise by the Malawi government, a dark chapter…

Staff Writer23 May 2024

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Joint statement: Urgent call for protection of refugees’ rights and a halt to state sponsored lawlessness

Lilongwe, 1 August 2023 - We, a consortium of Institutions and Civil Society Organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights, urgently call upon the Government to immediately cease the…

Staff Writer1 August 2023

Protect Sex Workers’ Rights

The Nation By Luntha Chimbwete 27 March 2023 It is commonly known that all over the world – including Malawi, women are involved in the sex work industry for a…

Luntha Chimbwete27 March 2023

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Blantyre informal traders challenge eviction

On 2 December 2022, the High Court of Malawi granted a temporary order restraining the Blantyre City Council from forcibly evicting, without due notice and reason, informal traders from the…

Staff Writer8 December 2022

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Hardknock life for sex workers

Activists welcome court ruling on undocumented immigrants

NEWS RELEASE: Malawi High Court upholds protection of undocumented immigrants from arbitrary and indefinite detention.

Police practices require a rethinking

Parliament ‘sits on’ rogue, vagabond court order

Commemorating one-year anniversary of brutal refugees relocation exercise

Joint statement: Urgent call for protection of refugees’ rights and a halt to state sponsored lawlessness

Protect Sex Workers’ Rights

Blantyre informal traders challenge eviction

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