Month: June 2023 Posts

Malawi legal expert Kamangila calls for death penalty abolition in Africa

Jun 28, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

University of Malawi’s Legal Clinics Manager, Alexious Kamangila, says amid challenges in Africa's criminal justice systems, there is need for the continent to entirely abolish death penalty. Kamangila made the call at a 4-day conference… ...

Malawian activist nominated for global award on death penalty fight

Nov 19, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

One of the country's human rights activists who is also University of Malawi Lecturer,  Alexious Kamangila, has been nominated for the Public Grand Prize award at the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty. This… ...

Pope Francis calls for prayers for abolition of death penalty

Sep 06, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, has declared September as the month to pray for the abolition of death penalty in every country. Pope Francis who… ...

Mussa John: Lawyer bemoans delayed justice

Aug 30, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Lawyer representing Malawian teenager  Mussa John who was convicted on 20th June 2022 for possession of Indian Hemp and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment, has bemoaned delayed justice on the matter. After his conviction and… ...

Expert trashes call for referendum on death penalty

May 22, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

As debate on whether to abolish death penalty or not continues, one of Malawi's legal expert has trashed a call by Malawi Law Society (MLS) for a referendum on death penalty. This comes following a… ...

Legal expert wants retrial of cases in which Dzamalala’s reports were used

May 17, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Days after the Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) found Pathologist, Dr Charles Dzamalala, guilty of medical negligence over Kottana Chidyaonga's postmortem report, a legal expert says there is need for retrial of all cases in… ...

Malawi Legislators in support of death penalty abolition

Apr 14, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Malawian members of parliament have come out in support of the calls to abolish death sentence and many of them have since opted for life imprisonment instead. This follows a report by parliamentary committee on… ...