On January 29, Robert Chasowa, a student leader at the University of Malawi, died while in police custody. Chasowa had been arrested after a student newsletter he was involved with published an article demanding accountability for alleged human rights abuses and corruption by a high level government official. Police authorities alleged that he had committed suicide. The current President Joyce Banda has set up a commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death.

UPDATE October 10, 2012: In October 2012, the commission of inquiry announced its findings concluding that Chasowa had not committed suicide but had been murdered while in police custody.

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http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120427130155166
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/10/student-activist-murdered-malawian-inquiry