Orton Chirwa
Male, Person
1919 –
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Who is Orton Chirwa?
Orton Chirwa was a lawyer and political leader in colonial Nyasaland and after independence became Malawi's Minister of Justice and Attorney General. After a dispute with Malawi's autocratic President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, he and his wife Vera were exiled. After being kidnapped abroad they were tried in Malawi on charges of treason and sentenced to death. Amnesty International named the couple prisoners of conscience. After spending nearly eleven years on death row in Malawi, Orton Chirwa died in prison on 20 October 1992.
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- Born
- Jan 30, 1919
Malawi - Spouses
- Nationality
- Malawi
- Died
- Apr 28, 2024
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on July 23, 2013
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