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… ...

Govt to sue demo organisers

Jul 08, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Government has said it will file a class action lawsuit against organisers of the post-election demonstrations on behalf of people and organisations that lost property in last week's protests. Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi… ...

MEC chairperson given two weeks to resign

Jun 05, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has called for the immediate resignation of Dr. Jane Ansah as chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). The HRDC has asked Ansah to honorably step down in the… ...

HRDC tells MEC to delay election results

May 27, 2019 Martha Chikoti 2 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has called on the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to address all the concerns regarding the 21st May 2019 presidential elections before declaring the presidential winner. The group said this on… ...

Activists want Mutharika stripped of UN role

Nov 08, 2018 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Rights activists have asked the United Nations to strip President Peter Mutharika of a UN ambassadorial role for appointing only three women to his 20-member cabinet. The Malawi leader is the UN’s HeforShe Champion for… ...

Fresh call: CSOs demand APM’s impeachment

Oct 24, 2018 Luke Bisani 3 &

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Malawi have demanded the impeachment of President Peter Mutharika following a donation of five vehicles made by controversial businessman Zameer Karim. The CSOs under the banner Human Rights Defenders Coalition… ...

CSOs threaten to take government to court

Oct 22, 2018 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has warned that it is contemplating on taking government to court after the latter seems to have failed to fire from the civil service Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members who… ...

CSOs obtain injunction against LCC over demo conditions

Sep 21, 2018 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Civil Society Organisation have obtained an injunction against Lilongwe City Council (LCC) stopping the council from imposing conditions on today’s demonstrations. The council told organisers of the protests that the demonstrations will take place from… ...

Mzuzu set for peaceful demonstrations

Sep 20, 2018 Patricia Mtungila - MEC Stringer 2 &

All is set for the planned peaceful September 21 demonstrations that Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has organised in Mzuzu and other parts of the country. Leaders of HRDC have since asked residents of Mzuzu… ...

September 7 demos shifted

Sep 04, 2018 Martha Chikoti 1 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has changed the date for this month's nationwide demonstrations. The protests which were expected to be held on September 7th have been shifted to 21st September, 2018. In a… ...