On 31 May 2023, 28 men were arrested in Harare CBD under the country’s vagrancy laws. These arrests raise the question of why vagrancy laws still exist and are still…
Staff Writer9 June 2023
Washington Blade 5 April 2023 By: Bradley Fortuin All Batswana must be included in the debate (Featured photo: Constitutional review interest group meeting in Kasane, Botswana. Taken by Raymond Kolanyane)…
Bradley Fortuin6 April 2023
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
Zomba, 15 February 2023 – The High Court will, on Friday, 17 February 2023, hear an application for judicial review in which two Rastafari children are challenging the policy of…
Staff Writer15 February 2023
The Centre for Human Rights, Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) welcome the just-passed revised budget during the 2022/23 Mid-Year National Budget review sitting…
Staff Writer15 December 2022
Blantyre, 9 November 2022 – On 8 November 2022, the High Court of Malawi issued a judgment declaring the police’s indiscriminate practice of sweeping exercises unlawful and in violation of…
Staff Writer9 November 2022
1 April 2022, Malawi We applaud the parliament for considering the plight of the Malawian boy child. CHREAA has seen a lot of young boys being incarcerated for indulging in…
Staff Writer1 April 2022
Background One of the enduring legacies of colonialism in Africa is the police practice of arbitrary mass arrests. These so-called ‘sweeping’ exercises are typically conducted by police over weekends and…
Staff Writer10 January 2019
On 13 June, every year the world commemorates the International Albinism Awareness Day. This year the International Albinism Awareness day is commemorated under the theme ‘shining our light to the…
Staff Writer13 June 2018