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Court orders the release of refugees’ confiscated property

On 13 October 2025, the Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court ordered the release of containers that the Malawi Police Service had confiscated while moving refugees and asylum seekers to Dzaleka Camp. Subsequently, the police sold some of the farm produce contained in the containers to…
Staff Writer
17 October 2025
‘Camp courts are here to stay’ ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesMalawi

‘Camp courts are here to stay’

Polity 12 August 2025 Shilpa Rao On a Tuesday afternoon in July, a magistrate sits inside a local prison in Malawi. A remandee stands before him and begins to share…
Staff Writer
12 August 2025
“We just kept coming to work”: How healthcare workers in Malawi are navigating the silence of the government ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights Women ArticlesMalawi

“We just kept coming to work”: How healthcare workers in Malawi are navigating the silence of the government

The Nation 1 August 2025 Bradley Fortuin In a government clinic in Zomba, nurse *Takondwa starts her shift just like she has for the past fifteen years by unlocking the…
Bradley Fortuin
4 August 2025
Policy brief: Legal environment affecting key populations in Africa Equality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenLesothoMalawiResearch Reports & Policy BriefsResourcesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe

Policy brief: Legal environment affecting key populations in Africa

This policy brief on Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda outlines the legal gains in sexual and reproductive rights for key populations in these countries over the…
Staff Writer
18 July 2025
Compulsory NGO registration – a death knell to activism? ArticlesBotswanaCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsMalawiZambiaZimbabwe

Compulsory NGO registration – a death knell to activism?

Botswana Guardian 30 May 2025 By Tambudzai-Gonese-Manjonjo There is a rising trend of countries in the region enacting laws that compel all non-governmental organisations to register in order to operate…
Tambudzai Gonese
30 May 2025
Urgent call to fully establish land dispute structures in Malawi and ensure adequate representation of women ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesMalawiSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights News

Urgent call to fully establish land dispute structures in Malawi and ensure adequate representation of women

 Youth Watch Society (YOWSO), Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and Paralegal Advisory Service Institute (PASI) welcome the Ministry of Lands'…
Staff Writer
20 May 2025

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