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Fear Fueling Withdrawal of Sexual & GBV cases-MHRRC

The Malawi Human Rights Resource Center (MHRRC) has cited fear to provide evidence among witnesses as a challenge that is fueling withdrawal of sexual and gender-based violence cases in the country's courts.

MHRRC’s Programmes officer Charles Gawani says that most witnesses shun court cases due to lack confidence to face the defendants, a thing he says affects justice delivery.

Gawani made the remarkas in Machinga on Wednesday on the sidelines of a presentation of a K237 million Nkhaza Toto phase two project.

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