The Human Rights Defenders Coalitionarguedthat the government had failed to announce any measures to cushion the poor during the lockdown.
Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa. More than half of its population live below the poverty threshold.
The organisation’s chairman, Gift Trapence, said the court had granted them temporary relief pending a judicial review in seven days.
“Yes, we have been granted the injunction,” he told AFP. “So, what it means is that there is no lockdown for the next seven days.”
On Thursday and Friday, thousands of angry market traders marched in the capital Lilongwe and in the cities of Blantyre and Zomba, to protest against the lockdown.
They have vowed to disregard the shutdown, saying it will devastate workers who live hand-to-mouth.
President Peter Mutharika had announced a three-week lockdown starting on Sunday and said the measure “may be extended” if needed.
The southeast African country has recorded 17 cases of coronavirus, two of them fatal.
source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/04/malawi-court-blocks-govt-coronavirus.html
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