Vera Mlangazua Chirwa (born 26 May 1932) is a Malawian born lawyer and human and civil rights activist. She was Malawi's first female lawyer and a founding member of the Malawi Congress Party and the Nyasaland African Women's League. She fought for multiparty democratic rule in Malawi and was charged with treason, tried and sentenced to death by President Kamuzu Banda.[1] She spent 12 years on death row.[2] She was married to lawyer Orton Chirwa, Malawian Minister of Justice and Attorney General, who later died in prison.[2]
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Vera Mlangazua Chirwa (born 26 May 1932) is a Malawian born lawyer and human and civil rights activist. She was Malawi's first female lawyer and a founding...
Orton Chirwa (30 January 1919 – 20 October 1992) was a lawyer and political leader in colonial Nyasaland and after independence became Malawi's Minister...
United Nations Human Rights Prize, United Nations, retrieved 2020-01-13 "VeraChirwa Awards Winners". University of Pretoria. Retrieved 30 December 2022....
November 2007. Orton Chirwa settled in Tanzania, where he taught and practised law. On Christmas Eve 1981, Chirwa, his wife, Vera and their son were abducted...
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as the Bâtonnier (President) of the Madagascar Bar Association (2019) VeraChirwa (1959): First female lawyer in Malawi Anastasia Msosa (1975): First female...
1983 treason trial of Orton Chirwa, who was Minister of Justice until the Cabinet Crisis of 1964 and his wife, VeraChirwa. In both cases, unsubstantiated...
of Mahajanga) The Chirwa family Orton Chirwa (founder, Malawi Congress Party; political prisoner) VeraChirwa (wife of Orton Chirwa; human rights advocate...
1983 treason trial of Orton Chirwa, who was Minister of Justice until the Cabinet Crisis of 1964 and his wife, VeraChirwa. In both cases, unsubstantiated...
World War I. Born: Orton Chirwa, Malawian lawyer and activist, major critic of the Hastings Banda regime, husband to VeraChirwa (d. 1992); Fred Korematsu...
hold a senior position in the NAC. In Blantyre, she joined forces with VeraChirwa to form the Nyasaland African Women's League, closely associated with...
Harry Wu, Chinese dissident 1997 – Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo 1998 – VeraChirwa (Malawi, Africa), Noel Pearson (Australia), Muchtar Pakpahan (Indonesia...
should stand. The death sentences were commuted, but Orton Chirwa died in prison in 1992. VeraChirwa was released from prison in 1993 after over 11 years in...
2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Chirwa, Vera M. (15–29 March 2004). Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur...
Autobiography. Christian Literature Association of Malawi. ISBN 99908-16-25-5. Chirwa, Vera Mlangazuwa (2007). Fearless fighter: an autobiography. Zed Books....
125. Rotberg 1965, pp. 283. Chirwa 2007, pp. 18. Morton 1975, pp. 10. Williams & Hackland 1988, pp. 150. Sources Chirwa, Vera Mlangazuwa (2007). Fearless...
Chiume, Home Affairs Minister Yatuta Chisiza and Justice Minister Orton Chirwa) confronted Prime Minister Hastings Kamuzu Banda and angrily criticized...
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