African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) in Arusha, Tanzania has today ruled that Misozi Chanthunya’s sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his partner, Linda Gasa, will remain the same as his appeal has been dismissed.

Chanthunya had petitioned for release and requested an apology from the Malawian government, claiming his rights were violated and his trial was unfair.

However, in a ruling delivered today by a panel of eleven judges in Tanzania, the court found that Malawi had acted lawfully and did not violate Chanthunya’s rights.

According to a statement from Malawi’s Ministry of Justice, the court upheld the previous conviction, which had sentenced Chanthunya to life in prison in 2020 for the murder of Gasa, a Zimbabwean national, in 2010.

Chanthunya will continue to serve his sentence at Zomba Prison as per the court’s verdict.