Lawyers for Malawi’s convicted first openly gay couple has said the pair has instructed him to appeal to the country’s High Court against the harsh sentence handed to them. Blantyre…
Staff Writer25 May 2010
LILONGWE, May 21 (IPS) – Rejecting the argument that the arrest and trial of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga amounted to a violation of their rights to freedom of concsience…
Staff Writer21 May 2010
Human rights groups speak out against Malawi court’s finding Sapa-AP A 14-year jail sentence with hard labour for a Malawian gay couple convicted of violating "the order of nature" after…
Staff Writer21 May 2010
New York Times In what may appear shocking to the progressive people of the world, a Malawian gay couple, Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, was found guilty on Tuesday of…
Staff Writer21 May 2010
African civil society organisations have slammed a 14-year jail sentence with hard labour for a Malawian gay couple, convicted of violating "the order of nature" after staging a same sex…
Staff Writer20 May 2010
BLANTYRE — A Malawi court on Thursday sentenced a gay couple who staged an illegal same-sex wedding to 14 years in prison with hard labour, the maximum term in the…
Staff Writer20 May 2010
A gay couple in Malawi was found guilty Tuesday of unnatural acts and gross indecency after a trial that drew worldwide condemnation of this southern African country’s colonial-era laws on…
Staff Writer18 May 2010
Godfrey Mapondera in Blantyre and David Smith, Africa correspondent guardian.co.uk, Steven Monjeza (l) and Tiwonge Chimbalanga in court in Blantyre, Malawi, earlier this year. Photograph: Eldson Chagara/Reuters A couple in Malawi were today…
Staff Writer18 May 2010
By NYASA TIMES Lawyer of the gay couple, Steven Monjeza, 26 and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20 convicted for homosexuality, has asked the Blantyre Magistrates Court to mete a non-custodial sentence mitigating the…
Staff Writer18 May 2010