Month: March 2023 Posts

MHRC calls for protection of rights of minority groups

Mar 12, 2023 Synd Kalimbuka 0 &

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on Friday called on people in the country to join hands in protecting rights of minority groups as one way to prevent spread of HIV. Principal Civil and Political Rights… ...

MHRC says Malawi needs functional child protection system

Mar 01, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Mpinganjira Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC)  says Malawi needs a  functional child protection system to protect children from various forms of abuse which continue to rise in the country. MHRC commissioner, Rosemary Kanyuka, made the… ...

Kalibu exploiting children

Dec 16, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says Kalibu Academy has been abusing children at the school in form of corporal punishment. The MHRC has today released of investigations into allegations of corporal punishment and sexual abuse… ...

MHRC asked to open inquiry into unsolved deaths of Rwandans in Malawi

Nov 13, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Halimana Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has been asked to institute an inquiry into the death of Rwandan man Halimana Noel and into other mysterious deaths of refugees and asylum seekers. In a letter addressed… ...

Old Mutual gives MHRC K5 million for staff retreat

Jul 17, 2022 Macmillan Mhone 0 &

Old Mutual has given Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) K5 million for a staff retreat which the commission will hold from 19 to 21 July, 2022 at Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi. Speaking after presenting a… ...

Street children thrash about for survival in Blantyre

Jun 15, 2018 Tobias Kumwenda 1 &

Ragged, hungry and rejected by society, plentiful of street children abandoned by nearly all live in the Malawi commercial city Blantyre. Director of Child Development Affairs in the Ministry of Gender, Disability and Social Welfare… ...

MHRC committed to implementing ATI bill

May 31, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has said it is committed to implementing Access to Information (ATI) bill considering how important the bill is to the nation. Since the Access to Information Act was assented to… ...