A recent report by the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) reveals that more than a quarter of the world’s states provided support to the United States’ secret detention and rendition programmes, adopted in the wake of the 11 September 2001 tragedies and justified (when justification was given) as necessary response to the …» Read More
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Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were arrested on 28 December 2009 and charged with violating sections 153 and 156 of Malawi’s Penal Code prohibiting carnal knowledge against the order of nature and gross indecency between males. They had held a traditional engagement ceremony two days prior to their arrest, a …» Read More
In November 2009, police in Mwanza arrested alleged sex workers, eventually charging them under section 192 of the Malawi Penal Code for ‘spreading disease’. These women were subjected to mandatory HIV tests and their HIV status was subsequently disclosed in open court proceedings. The case was brought by 11 women …» Read More