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We’re delighted to have you visit our digital home. Since our establishment in 2000, CHREAA has been at the forefront of championing human rights across Malawi. Through advocacy, litigation, research and education, we strive to uphold the rights of vulnerable groups and create a more just and equitable society.
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Learn from Kenya’s prisons
Overcrowding. Malnutrition. Poor sanitation. Low access to healthcare. Challenges keep piling for inmates in Malawi’s prisons, but human rights defender VICTOR CHAGUNYUKA MHANGO says the country’s policymakers should look no …
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Parliament adopts report to review vagrancy offences in Penal code
On 4 September 2024, the Parliament of Malawi adopted the report by the legal affairs committee to review vagrancy offences in the Penal Code. This follows a 2017 judgement by…
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Deport immigrants within 30 days—court
The Nation 31 July, 2024 By Llyod Chitsulo Human rights organisations, including the Malawi Legal Aid Bureau, have praised a High Court ruling that gave 30 days for the State…
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Malawi High Court upholds protection of undocumented immigrants from arbitrary and indefinite detention.
30 July 2024, Blantyre – Yesterday, the Mzuzu High Court ordered that 30 days should be the reasonable time envisaged under the Immigration Act within which deportation of undocumented immigrants…
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Our impact with long life-changing results
Boxten Kudziwe
From Prison to advocacy
“CHREAA, it is our humble prayer that though you are facing challenges, don’t give up, keep on paving the way for our rights until the cock craws, GOD bless.”
Mayeso Gwanda
The vendor who changed the law.
“I believe poverty is no crime, that is why I maintained the case although many friends of mine urged me not to fight the State.”
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