Malawi - In blow to impunity, panel says investigation into blogger's death should resume

Reporters without borders

The special commission created by Malawi's new president to investigate opposition blogger Robert Chasowa's death in September 2011 has concluded that he was murdered, as his family and colleagues had suspected all along. "We hail President Joyce Banda's decision to appoint an impartial commission of enquiry into Chasowa's death and we are relieved that it has recognized its criminal nature," Reporters Without Borders said. "The scale and violence of the crackdown in Malawi in 2011 cannot be (...)

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