{"id":28022,"date":"2022-07-31T20:42:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T20:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/embattled-charles-ben-longwe-dumps-malawis-anti-judiciary-protestors"},"modified":"2022-07-31T21:02:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T21:02:31","slug":"embattled-charles-ben-longwe-dumps-malawis-anti-judiciary-protestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/embattled-charles-ben-longwe-dumps-malawis-anti-judiciary-protestors","title":{"rendered":"Embattled Charles Ben Longwe dumps Malawi\u2019s anti-judiciary protestors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa-based self-imposed human and political rights activist Charles Ben Longwe has switched off his communication lines to Malawians who took to the streets of Lilongwe, demonstrating against selective justice.<\/p>\n

The Malawi Police Service on Wednesday arrested 80 people for conducting an illegal demonstration and looting shops in Malawi\u2019s capital, Lilongwe. Ben Longwe mobilized what he described as \u2018concerned citizens\u2019 to the protests to express their anger on alleged selective justice by the judicial branch.<\/p>\n

However, it turned out that the \u2018concerned citizens\u2019 Longwe mobilized for the demonstration were actually criminals as they went vandalising and looting innocent people\u2019s property even beyond dusk.<\/p>\n

The police arrested 80 protesters in the process. But when they were in police cells, the suspected vandals and looters issued a audio clip on the social media in which they are complaining that Longwe is not assisting them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are detained at Lumbadzi Police Station. Others have been detained at Lilongwe Police Station and Linthipe Police. But since we were arrested, we have had no food and no one to bring us something to eat. None of our big men are coming to see us. We\u2019re told there\u2019s a lawyer hired for us, but up to now, he\u2019s not showing up. We are suffering,\u201d says one of the arrested protester in the audio clip.<\/p>\n

He vows that he will never participate in such protests in his life, stressing that he has been betrayed. In his reaction, renowned governance and human right activist Undule Mwakasungula, said this confirms his fear that the protests were not organized in good faith.<\/p>\n

Mwakasungula suspected that some politicians were behind the demonstrations. He warned young people to avoid being used by politicians who have nothing to offer them except beer after their goal and motive have been achieved.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. South Africa-based self-imposed human and political rights activist Charles Ben Longwe has switched off his communication lines to Malawians who took to the streets of Lilongwe, demonstrating against selective justice. The Malawi Police Service on Wednesday arrested 80 people for conducting an illegal demonstration and looting shops in Malawi\u2019s capital, Lilongwe. 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