{"id":466238,"date":"2011-07-22T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T11:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/22\/govt-blocks-funeral-of-unrest-victims\/"},"modified":"2011-07-22T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T11:40:35","slug":"govt-blocks-funeral-of-unrest-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/govt-blocks-funeral-of-unrest-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt Blocks Funeral of Unrest Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"21.8730372364\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\"\/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\"\/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>22 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\"\/>\n<p>The authorities in Malawi have forbidden a mass funeral for seven people killed during rioting in the northern town of Mzuzu.<\/p>\n<p>The deaths followed two days of rioting and protests that left 18 dead across the southern African country<\/p>\n<p>Other funerals are planned in the capital, Lilongwe and the economic hub, Blantyre.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 275 people have been arrested mostly in the capital, Lilongwe, where soldiers patrolled the empty streets on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday and Thursday, police used tear gas and fired live ammunition to break up protests across the country as demonstrators took to the streets accusing President Bingu wa Mutharika of badly handling the economy and abusing democratic rights.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesman told the French news agency that those arrested faced charges of malicious damage to property, arson and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace.<\/p>\n<p>The riots highlight growing discontent against the 77-year-old Mutharika, who won a second term in office in May 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Mutharika had initially earned praise in his first term for ending a famine with popular but expensive fertilizer subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>But last week Britain became the latest donor to cut aid to Malawi over concerns about economic mismanagement and Mutharika&#8217;s moves to rein in the media, restrict lawsuits against the government and limit protests.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110722-funeral-riot-victims-blocked-authorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"comments\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c|main|main|id|0D8xu2nXLnZgtWYO\"\/><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107220734.html\" title=\"Govt Blocks Funeral of Unrest Victims\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Govt Blocks Funeral of Unrest Victims<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 22 July 2011 The authorities in Malawi have forbidden a mass funeral for seven people killed during rioting in the northern town of Mzuzu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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