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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons continue to face an alarming and hostile environment, with discriminatory legislation and ongoing human rights violations creating an atmosphere of fear and oppression, says Amnesty International.

Gay people continue facing hostile environment in Malawi, says Amnesty

Jan 09, 2024 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons continue to face a hostile environment, with discriminatory legislation and ongoing human rights violations creating an atmosphere of fear and oppression, says Amnesty International. In a statement… ...

Job Sikhala is an opposition politiician in Zimbabwe persecuted under the Emmerson Mnangagwa admnistration

Zimbabwe: Opposition politician spends 500 days in pre-trial detention

Oct 27, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Amnesty says the continued detention of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) politician, Job Sikhala, who has spent 500 days in pretrial detention, is a gross miscarriage of justice and an indictment of Zimbabwe’s judicial system… ...

Death Penalty: Recorded executions drop in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 16, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

In Sub-Saharan Africa as recorded executions dropped by 67%, from 33 in 2021 to 11 in 2022, and recorded death sentences reduced by 20%. However, recorded executions all over the world in 2022 reached the… ...

Amnesty calls for universal social protection as crises leave hundreds of millions facing disaster

May 10, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Amnesty International is today calling for social security to be made available to everyone worldwide, including people in Malawi, after a series of crises exposed huge gaps in state support and protection systems, leaving hundreds… ...

Attacks on Journalists on the rise in Malawi and other African countries

May 03, 2023 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Journalist Gregory Gondwe was arrested in Malawi last year Authorities in Malawi and in other countries across East and Southern Africa escalated their attacks against journalists and press freedom to suppress reporting of corruption and… ...

Civic space shrinking and freedoms declining in Zimbabwe, says Amnesty

Apr 18, 2023 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Zimbabweans are marking forty-three years of independence from colonial rule amid the reality of a rapidly shrinking civic space, including criminalisation of dissent and targeting of political activists and human rights defenders, Amnesty International said… ...

Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church

Pope Francis told to call on leaders to address impunity in DRC, South Sudan

Feb 02, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Pope Francis has been urged to publicly call on leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan to to take concrete steps to end impunity for crimes under international law. Amnesty International… ...