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• Chilembwe descendants seek government support

  Search Results for “chrr” – The Nation Online Jan 16, 2019 | 00:32 am

  As Malawi commemorated Chilembwe Day yesterday, some descendants of John Chilembwe, the fallen national liberation icon, have asked government to support them, saying they are living in dire poverty. But while admitting Chilembwe was a patriot, Minister of Information and[…]

• Archbishop dares police on albinos

  Search Results for “chrr” – The Nation Online Jan 14, 2019 | 05:55 am

  Archbishop Thomas Msusa of the Blantyre Archdiocese of the Catholic Church has questioned the competence of security agencies in the country for failing to bust albino markets years after attacks on people with albinism were brought to light. Reports of[…]

• Mutharika says albino killers to ‘rot in jail’

  Search Results for “chrr” – The Nation Online Jan 7, 2019 | 04:28 am

  President Peter Mutharika has condemned the killing of a man with albinism, Yasin Kwenda Phiri, 54, saying government will ensure the perpetrators get the life sentence to “rot in jail”. Speaking at the launch of Chiwanja Cha Ayao at Mangochi[…]

• ‘We are still in danger’

  Search Results for “chrr” – The Nation Online Jan 7, 2019 | 01:57 am

  They are not animals to be hunted, but they are murdered, scorned, threatened and captured because of a skin-deep condition. People with albinism in Malawi are being waylaid like game in horrid attacks fuelled by a superstition that their parts[…]

• ‘Kodi malubino tilowere kuti?’

  Search Results for “chrr” – The Nation Online Jan 4, 2019 | 23:43 pm

  Kodi tilowere kuti? M’ndani amene adzatiteteze ngati boma likulephera kubweretsa yankho?” Awa ndi mafunso amene Ian Simbota alinawo. Simbota ndi munthu wa chialubino. Iye ndi mtolankhani ku wailesi ya MBC. Mafunso a Simbota akudza kutsatira kuphedwa kwa Yasin Kwenda Phiri,[…]

• IG says Malawi police have clue on albino murder 

  Search Results for “chrr” – Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi[…] Jan 2, 2019 | 23:58 pm

  Inspector General of Police Rodney Jose has said the police have clues as to who killed a person with albinism on Monday in Nkhata Bay and they are following the leads. Unknown assailants on Monday...The post IG says Malawi police[…]

• Youth and Society, HRDC  delighted with recognition: Dedicate Nyasa Times  ‘Person of the Year’ accolade to selfless  Malawians

  Search Results for “chrr” – Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi[…] Jan 2, 2019 | 08:15 am

  Leaders of  Youth and Society (YAS),  a civil society organisation (CSO) that advocates for youth empowerment and Human Rights Defenders Coalition  (HRDC) have expressed their  delight at being jointly named 2018’s “Person of the Year” by Nyasa Times....The post Youth and Society, HRDC[…]

• Malawi rights groups urge govt to walkthe talk on albino people protection

  Search Results for “chrr” – Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi[…] Jan 2, 2019 | 03:30 am

  Human rights groups have ganged up to urge the government to swiftly find the lasting solution to the ongoing butchering of people with albinism as the latest killing in Nkhata Bay has shocked Malawi. This...The post Malawi rights groups urge[…]

• NGO Bill Case: Court grants CSOs wish for judicial review

  Search Results for “chrr” – Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi[…] Dec 18, 2018 | 23:49 pm

  The High Court in Lilongwe has sustained an order  for Judicial  Review in a case  in which some civil society organisations (CSOs)  obtained an injunction to stop government from tabling the controversial Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)Act...The post NGO Bill Case: Court[…]

• CSOs get court order against ‘draconian’ NGO law: Leave for judicial review granted

  Search Results for “chrr” – Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi[…] Dec 3, 2018 | 06:16 am

  Civil society organisations  (CSOs)  have been granted leave to apply for a judicial review  stopping the tabling of  NGO (Amendment) law in Parliament  which they have accused the government of trying to rush through the...The post CSOs get court order[…]