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Jan 30, 1919 Died on 20 Oct 1992 (aged 73)
Malawian politician
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About Orton Chirwa
- Orton Chirwa (30 January 1919 – 20 October 1992) 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.
