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Veteran politician Uladi Mussa has called on courts to consider giving non-custodial sentence for minor offences to reduce the congestion in prisons and also su

Our sister paper Weekend Nation on Saturday published the first part of an investigative piece on the travesty of justice in the country about how suspects are detained for lengthy periods, some for as long as 10 years, without trial which is against the law. In this last part, we show how some suspects are

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Funding constraints have crippled the operations of the Independent Complaints Commission (ICC) established to investigate complaints by the public against police officers and the entire police institution, officials have said. Since the commission was established in 2022, it has only completed investigations for 43 cases out of 222 complaints it received. Records at ICC show

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Prisons

Malawi has begun moving female inmates from prison facilities they shared with male prisoners. Authorities say the transfer to female only prisons is intended to place the women in an environment more conducive to their well-being. The more than 20 prisons in Malawi are categorized as maximum security and medium security, offering various correctional programs…

The Centre for Human Rights Advice and Assistance (Chreaa) has asked President Lazarus Chakwera to pardon female inmates that have children in Malawi’s prison

CHREAA Reiterates Calls Zomba Maximum Prison Rehabilitation

The Centre for Human Rights Education, Assistance and Advice (CHREAA) and Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) have jointly written President Laza...