Month: August 2024 Posts

Progress on death penalty abolition worries Human Rights Commission

Aug 21, 2024 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

…Justice Minister pressed to table Bill in upcoming Parliament Session... The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has expressed concern over the country's slow progress toward abolishing the death penalty, despite a de facto moratorium since… ...

Ministry of Justice delays death penalty abolition bill, activists press for action

Aug 19, 2024 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Ministry of Justice has delayed tabling the bill on the abolition of the death penalty, despite last year's commitment to present it in parliament this year.  Recently, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty… ...

Govt says death penalty will be abolished in Malawi

Oct 12, 2023 Chikondi Daza 0 &

Government through the Ministry of Justice has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating death penalty in the country saying the act is barbaric. This comes as the world was commemorating the World Day Against the Death… ...

Access to justice still a nightmare at 59 years – legal expert

Jul 08, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

As experts continue gauging the state of affairs after Malawi clocked 59 years of independence, a legal expert says the country has made some progress on legal framework but expressed worry about access to justice… ...

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… ...

​​​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… ...

​​​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… ...