Month: December 2022 Posts

​​​Zambia commended for abolishing death penalty

Dec 25, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Amnesty International has commended Zambia for abolishing the death penalty and removing criminal defamation of the president, saying the abolition is a good and progressive move. On Friday, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema announced that he… ...

​​​Amnesty says people with albinism in Malawi urgently need better protection

Dec 05, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Talandira's burial site Amnesty International has called on the authorities in Malawi  to improve the protection of persons with albinism across the country following the killing of three-year-old Talandira Chirwa and other attacks in recent… ...

Human rights groups apply to join lead poisoning case launched by 100,000 Zambian children and women

May 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Amnesty International and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) have applied to join an unprecedented class action lawsuit brought by about 100,000 Zambian children and women against the mining giant Anglo American in South Africa.… ...

​​​Amnesty welcomes convictions over 2018 murder of man with albinism

Apr 29, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Amnesty International says convictions of 12 people, including a Roman Catholic priest and a police officer, over the murder of MacDonald Masambuka represent a victory for justice, human rights and the rule of law. Amnesty… ...

Migrants living ‘in constant fear’ in South Africa after deadly attacks

Apr 13, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Amnesty International has called on the South African authorities to do more to protect migrants in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, who have repeatedly suffered from violent attacks by anti-migrant vigilante groups The human rights organization has made… ...

Hichilema urged to end dark era of repression in Zambia

Aug 24, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Amnesty International says the inauguration of former opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema as Zambia’s new president is an opportunity to turn the tide on the country’s worsening human rights situation. Hakainde Hichilema has been sworn in… ...

Over 70 dead in South Africa: Amnesty says riots fuelled by criminal justice failures

Jul 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Amnesty International says there is an entrenched culture of impunity in South Africa because past acts of violence, including the killing of foreign nationals, have gone unpunished. According to Amnesty, South African authorities cannot pretend… ...