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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… ...

Dausi calls for patience on ATI

May 18, 2018 Martha Chikoti 1 &

Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi says government needs more time to complete processes necessary for the Access to Information (ATI) law to be put into use. Dausi said this today in Parliament… ...

Police told to investigate political violence cases

May 11, 2018 Martha Chikoti 1 &

The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has told police to investigate cases of political violence as the country is edging closer towards the general elections. Addressing the media at a press briefing held Thursday at… ...

Government irks Malawi Law Society over poor governance

Apr 10, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has expressed dissatisfaction over the way the country is being governed claiming the current government is out of the line in many ways. This is according to a press statement… ...

Journalists trained on human rights reporting

Feb 26, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) last week trained journalists on human rights reporting. During the one day media workshop that was held in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, MHRC said human rights issues are dynamic and widespread… ...