Malawi Police accused of rape and sexual assault

Malawian police officers raped and sexually assaulted women, some of them in the presence of their children, during a security operation in October, says a damning report published by Malawi Human Rights Commission. We hear details of the findings from Martha Chizuma, one of the commissioners who led the investigation into the police officer's conduct. The Police spokesperson James Kadadzera responds to the allegations.

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(Photo: badge of the Malawi Police Services. Credit: Dave Conner - licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en )