OMCT-SOS Torture Network Paris-Geneva, November 28, 2013. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, welcomes the acquittal of Mr. Abel Chikomo, Executive Director of the…
13 September 2013 The Post Online A NUTRITION expert on Wednesday told the Lusaka High Court that prison authorities should be sensitive to the dietary needs of inmates who are…
Richard Brigden, formerly a project lawyer for SALC in Malawi, now based at the UK Bar with Garden Court North Chambers, is currently back in Malawi representing SALC and participating…
To be clear, no provision in the Malawi Penal Code criminalises the selling of sexual services by a sex worker. Yet, some police officers in Malawi appear to be operating under the…
Globally, there has been an increase in the implementation of laws which limit the behaviour, actions and movements of persons in public spaces. This greatly impedes the lives and livelihoods…
Victor Mhango at a workshop in Blantyre on 13 June 2013 It is common knowledge that the criminalisation of activities related to sex work places sex workers at risk of…
You know this has to be done, somebody has to do it, and why shouldn’t it be you?” That is Zimbabwe’s most prominent human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa’s matter-of-fact explanation…
Since the 9 January 2012 administrative staff from the Ministry of Justice have been on strike in Malawi. At issue is a government promise almost five years ago to grant…