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Malawi: Malawi Falls Out of Favour With ICC Over al-Bashir Arrest

13th December 2011
The world court on Monday said it was referring Malawi to the UN Security Council over its refusal to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted by the court for genocide.
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SALC in the News: Prostitutes Sue Government

14th November 2011
Two years after 14 commercial sex workers in Mwanza were arrested by police and forced to undergo an HIV test, the issue has now taken a dramatic turn with the sex workers dragging government to court for unfair action and for violating their right to privacy.
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Malawi: 13 Presidents Shun Malawi Summit as Mugabe, Bashir in

13th October 2011
Heads of State and Government from Southern and Eastern African are gathered in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe for their 15th Summit of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) which starts on Friday, October 14 but out of 18 COMESA member states, only five leaders are joining President Bingu wa Mutharika at the summit.
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Malawi: SALC Calls on Malawian Authorities to End Violence

26th July 2011
SALC and other human rights organisations called for an end to the use of firearms against protestors in Malawi and recommended that the Malawian government immediately launch an independent, impartial and thorough investigation into the activities of its security forces.
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Malawi: Malawi's Bloody Crackdown

25th July 2011
Malawi journalists were beaten by police in churches and hospitals in Lilongwe, and were blamed for the demonstrations that swept the country last week.
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Malawi: Sudan's al-Bashir Lands in Malawi, Despite War Crime Warrant

13th October 2011
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Malawi on Thursday for a regional trade summit, in defiance of the international war crimes warrant against him.
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Malawi: Bingu ignores Macholowe, ill prisoners on pardon

10th May 2011
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika, who almost every cerebration orders a release of inmates from the country’s congested and disease-infested prisons since ascending to power, has been disregarding medical doctors’ appeals and advice to pardon scores of terminally ill prisoners, Nyasa Times can reveal.
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Malawi: Malawi Leader Once Heralded Abroad Now Condemned

3rd August 2011
Malawians overwhelmingly re-elected their president two years ago. Now Bingu wa Mutharika's security forces are blamed for killing at least 19 anti-government demonstrators, and the increasingly combative leader is facing international condemnation.
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Malawi: Malawi Anti-Government Protests Called off

16th August 2011
Barely 24 hours to go, civil society organisations in Malawi have announced the call off of their much-anticipated and widely publicised August 17 national vigils.
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SALC in the News: Karonga Locals Take on Uranium Miners

25th August 2011
A community task team from Malawi’s northern region district of Karonga has petitioned government for access to information that will enable them to effectively monitor mining activities in the area for compliance with fundamental human rights and labour standards.
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Malawi: Malawi will not abolish death penalty

17th March 2011
Malawi will not abolish the death penalty from its laws, Attorney General Jane Ansah told United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday.
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Malawi: Malawi Leader Says Homosexuals ‘Worse Than Dogs’

16th May 2011
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has delivered a blistering attack on homosexuality describing them as “worse than dogs” saying it was abhorrent.
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Malawi: Malawi's Capital Lilongwe Hit by Riots

20th July 2011
Riots have broken out in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, as opposition groups protest against President Bingu wa Mutharika's government.
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Malawi: Malawi Risks Becoming Next Zimbabwe: Protest Leader

1st August 2011
JOHANNESBURG — Malawi, once considered a southern African success story, risks going down the same road as regional basket case Zimbabwe, said the leader of recent anti-government protests that left 19 dead.
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Malawi: African Bloc Sends Team to Malawi After Riots

5th August 2011
GABORONE — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has sent a team to Malawi to meet with the country's political leaders after deadly anti-government riots last month, an official said Thursday.
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Malawi: KK, Mogae Condemn Criminalizing Same Sex

27th May 2011
Former presidents of Botswana and Zambia, Festus Mogae and Kenneth Kaunda have condemned the criminalization of homosexuality and sex work by Malawi and some African countries, warning that would inhibit the fight against HIV/Aids.
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Malawi: Malawi court sets free man after 10 years on remand

11th May 2011
The Malawi High Court in commercial city of Blantyre has released on bail a man who had been languishing on remand for the past 11 years without trial.
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Malawi: Malawi government says no to homosexuality

3rd November 2010
Malawi government of Malawi says it will not bow down to ‘unduly’ pressure from western countries to legalise homosexuality in the country.
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Malawi: Malawi police arrest journalist

10th January 2011
By Sapa-AFP Police in Malawi have arrested a senior journalist with the sensational weekly tabloid w....
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Malawi: Journalist freed, police say ‘it was mistaken identity’

13th January 2011
Malawi Police on Wednesday released Blantyre Newspapers Limited senior journalist Kandani Ngwira saying he was a mistaken identity.
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Malawi: Let gays flourish– Rev Sembereka

4th October 2010
Executive Director of Malawi Network of Religious Leaders living or personally infected by HIV/AIDS (MANERELA) Reverend Father MacDonald Sembereka has said same-sex liaisons should be allowed to flourish freely and be incorporated in the fight of the deadly pandemic.
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Malawi: 'I will close down newspapers that lie'

26th August 2010
Blantyre, Malawi - Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika threatened on Thursday to shut down newspapers he accused of lying that up to one million Malawians will need food aid.
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Malawi: 'This country is run by me'

27th August 2010
Blantyre - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika threatened to chase donors away from the southern African nation on Thursday and close newspapers for reporting that more than one million people are in need of food aid.
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Malawi: The Right to Bail and Unreasonable Delay before Trial

20th November 2010
The Malawi High Court has granted bail to three of four applicants SALC is representing in a case challenging unreasonable bail and detainment. However, the court refused to grant bail to the fourth detainee, who has been imprisoned for nine years, on the ground that he will be tried within two weeks.
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Malawi: Mzuzu sex workers accuse Police of abuse

17th August 2010
Commercial sex workers in Mzuzu have accused police officers for abusing them, demanding money or sex when they are arrested on night patrol. Reports indicate that police in the northern city demand money or ‘unprotected’ sex from the women for them to be released.
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