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CHREAA Decries Delayed Justice in Compensation Case of Men Falsely Accused of Murder of a man who turned out to be alive.

31/07/2025
The Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) has expressed deep concern over the continued delay in resolving a compensation case involving Harold Moya and Moffat George—two men…
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Group seeks vot­ing access for pris­on­ers

30/07/2025
The Daily Times By Thomas Kachere 30 Jul 2025 The Centre for Human Rights Edu­ca­tion, Advice and Assist­ance (Chreaa) has called on Par­lia­ment to make spe­cial pro­vi­sions for pris­on­ers and…
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WJW 2026 Fellowship Application

01/07/2025
Applications are open for the 2026 WJW Fellowship. Join a growing network of legal advocates advancing gender justice across Africa. Apply now The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) is now…
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Civil Society Coalition on Migration (CCM) Statement | #WorldRefugeeDay2025

20/06/2025
STATEMENT ON WORLD REFUGEE DAY 2025June 20, 2025Theme: Solidarity with Refugees A Moment of Reckoning for Malawi’s Refugee Commitments On this World Refugee Day, the Civil Society Coalition on Migration…
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The Survivor Behind the Accused

18/06/2025
In 2023, TrialWatch, the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA), and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law International Human Rights Clinic (USC IHRC) interviewed…
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The new prison Bill: What has changed?

03/04/2025
The Prisons Act in Malawi was enacted into law in 1956. When Malawi adopted the 1994 Constitution, which entrenched the Bill of Rights with clear provisions on the rights of…
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Learn from Kenya’s prisons

17/09/2024
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

05/09/2024
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…