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Malawi: Seeking accountability for unlawful detention of pregnant learners

SALC is working with Youth Watch Society (YOWSO) in Malawi on a case seeking the payment of damages for false imprisonment after a Magistrates Court decision to fine parents of…

Staff Writer30 April 2020

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Malawi: Human rights during a lockdown

The Weekend Nation 25 April 2020 Victor Mhango from the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and Anneke Meerkotter and Chikondi Chijozi from the Southern Africa Litigation…

Chikondi Chijozi28 April 2020

Criminal Justice Prison Reform Malawi

Joint civil society statement calling for decongestion of Malawi prisons amid COVID-19 pandemic

9 April 2020, Malawi - We the undersigned organisations commend His Excellency, The State President, Arthur Peter Mutharika for including prison decongestion as one of the measures to combat COVID-19 in…

Staff Writer9 April 2020

Criminal Justice Prison Reform Malawi

Joint Statement: Civil society organisations call for the urgent decongestion of prisons in response to COVID-19

With the COVID-19 pandemic having been declared a global emergency, the is an urgent need to address the high levels of congestion in Malawi prisons. The Malawi Government has appointed…

Staff Writer18 March 2020

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SALC in the news: Malawian LGBTI activist ‘unlawfully’ arrested and detained in SA

On the 18th February 2020, Dispatch Live reported: A Malawian LGBTI activist was arrested and detained by police at the weekend after being asked for proof of his immigration status…

Staff Writer19 February 2020

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Malawi’s rastafarians win landmark dreadlock ruling

CGTN Africa 9 February 2020 Makeda Mbewe was just six years old when she was kicked out of her primary school in Malawi for wearing her hair in the dreadlocks…

Staff Writer10 February 2020

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Malawi High Court grants order in favour of rastafari school children

14 January 2020 – On 14 January 2020, the High Court of Malawi in Zomba granted an interlocutory injunction compelling the Minister of Education to allow all children of Rastafari…

Staff Writer15 January 2020

Civic Rights Malawi

Urgent Statement for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Malawi

The undersigned organisations are deeply concerned with the recent threats made against Human Rights Defenders (HRD’s) in Malawi. Given the current post-election political instability in Malawi, we call on the…

Staff Writer2 August 2019

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Linking Climate, Gender and HIV Justice: A Preliminary Report on Access to HIV Treatment and Care for People Living on Lake Chilwa Islands, Malawi

This is a preliminary report on barriers to access to HIV treatment and care experienced by communities living in and around the Lake Chilwa area in Malawi. A fact-finding mission…

Staff Writer3 June 2019

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Malawi: The Internet Should Stay On to Help Ensure a Free and Fair Election in Malawi

Over the weekend, Director General of the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA), Godfrey Itaye, called a meeting in Blantyre to take place at 17h30 on Saturday, 18 May 2019. The…

Staff Writer21 May 2019

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