Malawi

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The rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly were restricted. Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers were arrested and forced to relocate to camps and abandon their livelihoods. Violent attacks on persons with albinism increased. LGBTI people faced discrimination. Cyclones left hundreds dead and over 659,000 displaced; women were at increased risk of gender-based violence in displacement camps. There were signs that the cholera outbreak was easing.

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Abolitionist in practice

Retains the death penalty in law, but hasn’t executed for at least 10 years

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