Month: August 2019 Posts

​​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… ...