Month: July 2019 Posts

Trapence, Sembereka granted bail

Jul 12, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Lilongwe Second Grade Magistrate court has today granted bail to Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Vice Chairperson Gift Trapence and a member of the organization McDonald Sembereka. Trapence and Sembereka were arrested on Tuesday for… ...

Don’t force Malawi to drop charges against Trapence – NGO Board tells UN

Jul 11, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 10 &

The Malawi NGO Board has warned the United Nations (UN) against obstructing justice in the case in which two rights activists are facing charges of fraud. The two activists – Macdonald Sembereka and Gift Trapence… ...

UN orders Malawi to release Trapence, Sembereka

Jul 11, 2019 Russell Kondowe 2 &

The United Nations (UN) has ordered the Government of Malawi to immediately release activists Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembereka. Trapence – Vice Chairman of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRD) – and Sembereka who is… ...

Amnesty condemns Mutharika over Trapence’s arrest

Jul 10, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 4 &

...Says arrest is ploy to harass and intimidate activists to end post-election protests …orders Malawi government to unconditionally release the activists Rights Group, Amnesty International, has condemned the arrest of activists Gift Trapence and McDonald… ...

Bail hearing for activists adjourned to Friday

Jul 10, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A court in Lilongwe has adjourned to Friday the bail hearing for activists Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembereka. Trapence and Sembereka spent Tuesday night in jail following their arrest. The Lilongwe Magistrate Court’s decision to… ...

Chakwera visits jailed activists

Jul 10, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera this morning visited jailed rights activists, Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembereka, in Lilongwe. Trapence and Sembereka were arrested on Tuesday and were being kept at Lilongwe Police Station.… ...

Activists stopped from linking FDH to election rigging

Jul 10, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The High Court has granted FDH Bank and its owner Thomson Mpinganjira a court order restraining activists Timothy Mtambo and Gift Trapence from linking the bank to election rigging. The order which has was issued… ...