High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda who was recently accused by Malawi government of undermining coronavirus efforts has on Friday granted Human rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) an injunction against pending 21-day lockdown.
HRDC Chairperson Gift Trapence has confirmed to Nyasa Times that the judge has also ordred an inter-party hearing within seven days for judicial review.
The rights coalition went to court order to stop the government from implementing the lockdown based on the government’s failure to announce any measures to cushion the poor during the lockdown.
Malawi is one of the poorest countries on the continent where more than half of the population live below the poverty threshold. And there has been protests throughout Malawi by informal traders against the lockdown.
President Peter Mutharika has announced a 21-day lockdown starting on Sunday to contain the spread of the new coronavirus which has killed two people in the country
Read more at: https://www.nyasatimes.com/court-stops-malawi-lockdown-judge-kenyatta-grants-hrdc-injunction-new-covid-19-case-registered/
