This case concerns the rights of detainees and the significance of health considerations in determining bail in Malawi. It followed the arrest of a 15 year old boy, Mr Mphembedzu, on…
Staff Writer30 April 2012
Nyasa Times The Malawi High Court in commercial city of Blantyre has released on bail a man who had been languishing on remand for the past 11 years without trial.…
Staff Writer11 May 2011
Mmegi Online The issue of whether to distribute condoms in prisons is a hot potato that has pitted the government against AIDS organisations. It has pitted Vice-President Mompati Merafhe, against…
Staff Writer5 October 2010
27 August 2009 – Malawi’s Constitutional Court has determined that the imprisonment of Evance Moyo, a juvenile at the time of his arrest, alongside adult prisoners in Chichiri prison from…
Staff Writer28 August 2009
Thulani Maseko, a prominent human rights lawyer, has been arrested and is currently in police custody. He was initially charged under Swaziland’s recently enacted Suppression of Terrorism Act, but now…
Staff Writer2 June 2009