Apolisi akupitirizabe kusaka umboni wokhudza atsogoleri akale a HRDC
Wolemba: Chisomo Phiri
Apolisi apeza chilolezo cha khoti chowalola kulanda mavidiyo ndi mawu ojambulidwa pa msonkhano wa atolankhani womwe unachitika mu March 2020, pomwe panali atsogoleri akale a bungwe la Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC).
Chilolezochi, chomwe chinaperekedwa pa 9 November 2026 ndi Khoti la Magistrate la Giredi Yachiwiri mumzinda wa Lilongwe, chikulamula apolisi kukasaka pa malo a wailesi ndi kanema wa Zodiak kuti apeze zojambulidwazo.
Nkhaniyi ikukhudzana ndi msonkhano wa atolankhani womwe unachitikira ku Lingadzi Inn mumzinda wa Lilongwe pa 6 March 2020, ndipo unatsogoleredwa ndi yemwe panthawiyo anali wapampando wa HRDC, Timothy Mtambo, wachiwiri wake Gift Trapence komanso membala wamkulu wa bungweli, Reverend McDonald Sembereka.
Malinga ndi chilolezocho, zojambulidwazo zikufunika pothandiza kufufuza mlandu wokhudza kukopa munthu wina kuti aphwanye malamulo, zomwe ndi zolakwa zotsutsana ndi gawo 124 (1) (b) la malamulo a Penal Code.
Chilolezochi chikuwerengedwa motere m’gawo lina:”Pokhala kuti chinthu chomwe chikufunidwachi chikukhudzana ndi mlandu wokopa munthu wina kuti aphwanye malamulo, motsutsana ndi gawo 124 (1) (b) la Penal Code, Cap 7:01 ya malamulo a dziko la Malawi, kapena chikufunika pothandiza kufufuza za milandu yotereyi, ndipo chikukhulupiriridwa kuti chili kapena chikuganiziridwa kuti chili m’maofesi a Zodiak Radio Station/Television.
“Izi zikukulolani komanso kukulamulanani kuti mulowe ndi kusaka malo omwe atchulidwawa, ndipo mukachipeza chinthucho, muchitenge n’kuchipereka nthawi yomweyo ku khotili. Mukabweze chilolezochi ndi kufotokoza mmene mwakwaniritsira ntchitoyi.”
Izi zachitika patangotha masiku ochepa kuchokera pamene Chief Resident Magistrate wa ku Lilongwe, Austin Banda, anathetsa zikalata zolamula kumangidwa kwa atsogoleri atatu akale a HRDC, chifukwa cha milandu yokhudza kuphwanya malamulo a belo.
Komabe, chigamulocho chitaperekedwa, loya wa boma pa mlanduwu, Prescott Mwayiulipo, anauza khotilo kuti boma likufuna kuyambitsanso nkhaniyi, zomwe zinachititsa Banda kulangiza oimira boma kuti apereke pempho lovomerezeka kukhoti.
