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Restrictive laws, Abductions, Detentions, Vilification and Protest dispersal characterise downward spiral of civic space
- Published at
- 01.11.2022
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- criminal defamation
- LGBTI
- protest
- protest disruption
- youth
- restrictive law
- attack on HRD
- public vilification
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist

HRDs co-opted into government, citizens arrested for opinions & first ever pride parade held
- Published at
- 10.12.2021
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- labour rights
- LGBTI
- censorship
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights

Targeted Police Brutality Against Sex Workers’ Protest Actions
- Published at
- 28.05.2021
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- women
- restrictive law

Several protests held against COVID-19 restrictions, journalist assaulted by police
- Published at
- 19.03.2021
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- protest

New hope for Malawi after sustained protests
- Published at
- 12.08.2020
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- political interference
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest

Courts nullify elections, order government to allow dreadlocks in schools, in landmark cases
- Published at
- 05.02.2020
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained

Internet shutdown, disputed results and protests surround general elections
- Published at
- 28.08.2019
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- protest

Politically motivated violence stifling freedoms of assembly and association
- Published at
- 30.01.2019
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- youth
- women
- intimidation

Political party denied registration, while court orders restrict expression
- Published at
- 17.10.2018
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- refusal of registration
- negative court ruling
- political interference

Opposition party members, activists and CSOs intimidated ahead of the general elections
- Published at
- 19.09.2018
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- political interference
- intimidation