Month: March 2020 Posts

Amnesty tells Mutharika to stop threatening activists

Mar 10, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Rights group, Amnesty International, has demanded the release of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) leaders and has asked President Peter Mutharika to stop threatening activists. Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa,… ...

Lesotho Prime Minister fails to appear in court after travelling to South Africa

Feb 22, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Prime Minister of Lesotho, Thomas Thabane, failed to appear in court on Friday where he was expected to be charged over the murder of his late wife, Lipolelo Thabane. His private secretary said Thabane, 80,… ...

Mozambique: Amnesty demands release of opposition election monitors

Nov 19, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Amnesty International has called for the release of 18 opposition election monitors who were arrested while monitoring the 15 October elections in Mozambique. According to Amnesty, the detention of election monitors is part of a… ...

Botswana’s Masisi must abolish death penalty – Amnesty International

Oct 31, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Amnesty International says Botswana’s president-elect Mokgweetsi Masisi must prioritize abolishing the death penalty in the country which is the only one in Southern Africa that consistently executes people. The organization made the remarks today ahead… ...

Amnesty launches book on attacks against persons with albinism

Oct 26, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Amnesty International has launched a book titled "Out of the Shadows" which narrates the realities faced by persons with albinism who are hunted in Malawi for ritual purposes. The book was launched Thursday at at… ...

Mugabe inflicted lasting damage on Zimbabweans – Amnesty

Sep 07, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Amnesty International says former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, who led the country for almost four decades, inflicted lasting damage on Zimbabweans and left an indelible stain on his country’s human rights record. Mugabe died on… ...

Pope Francis told to address human rights violations in Mozambique

Sep 02, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Amnesty International has called on Pope Francis to use his powerful voice to raise urgent human rights concerns with the leaders of Madagascar and Mozambique when he visits the two countries this week. Pope Francis… ...

​​Hundreds of people homeless following mass evictions in Eswatini

Aug 31, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Hundreds of people in Eswatini are living in misery after being forcibly evicted from their homes by the government last year. According to rights group Amnesty International, the state is also failing to appropriately amend… ...

Zimbabwe: Amnesty condemns Mnangagwa for crackdown on human rights

Aug 27, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Amnesty International has slammed President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, for his administration’s brutal crackdown on human rights, including the violent suppression of protests and a witch-hunt against anyone who dares challenge his government. The rights… ...

Attack on Mtambo’s property a clear act of intimidation – Amnesty

Aug 16, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Amnesty International has described the   petrol-bomb attack on Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo’s property as a clear act of intimidation, designed to deter him from carrying out his human rights work. The… ...

SADC leaders told to protect persons with albinism

Aug 14, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Amnesty International has called on Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to ramp up efforts to protect the security of persons with albinism in the region where 150 persons have been killed since 2014. The… ...

Amnesty urges Malawi to legalise homosexuality

Jun 11, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

A court in Botswana has decriminalised homosexuality and Amnesty International has called on Malawi and other African countries to do the same. In a statement today, the rights group said Gaborone High Court’s decision to… ...

‘Incoming Malawi govt should end killings of persons with albinism’

May 15, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Amnesty International says the incoming Malawi government should improve the capacity of the police to deal with attacks against persons with albinism. The rights group said this in a statement yesterday as Malawians are expected… ...

South African politicians told to refrain from attacks on immigrants

Apr 06, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Amnesty International has demanded South African political leaders to stop making discriminatory and inflammatory remarks about migrants and foreign nationals saying such attacks lead to xenophobic violence. Executive Director of Amnesty International South Africa Shenilla… ...

Cyclone Idai leaves hundreds dead

Mar 20, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The cylone which hit Mozambique and Zimbabwe has left hundreds of people dead and thousands others missing or displaced. Cyclone Idai hit Zimbabwe and Mozambique between 14 and 16 March. The powerful cyclone was predicted… ...