Malawi: HRDC Announces 3-Day Demos - Malawi Cities Shutdown

26 August 2019

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo has announced that they will hold a three-day shutdown of the country's cities from Wednesday August 28 in new rounds of protests to demand the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah.

Mtambo told reporters that they will protest in the streets since demonstrations that were planned from August 26 to 30 in the country's airports and ports of entry has been cancelled after the High Court last week granted an injunction to Malawi Revenue Authority, stopping the five-day demonstrations.

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