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Tutu speaks out against attacks on LGBT rights in Africa ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsSADCSouth Africa

Tutu speaks out against attacks on LGBT rights in Africa

Check out Archbishop Tutu’s  opinion piece in the Washington Post today speaking out against the attack on LGBT rights in Africa.  He particularly mentions the situation in Malawi, where we…
Staff Writer
12 March 2010
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Malawi: Constitutional Court refused to hear the case of a gay couple arrested for Blantyre, Malawi ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

Malawi: Constitutional Court refused to hear the case of a gay couple arrested for Blantyre, Malawi

Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were arrested in late December and have been tried in a magistrate’s court in this conservative Southern African country where homosexuality is illegal. Their lawyer…
Staff Writer
24 February 2010
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Malawians debate legalizing gay marriage ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

Malawians debate legalizing gay marriage

Rights campaigners say current laws against gays are a violation of human rights. In late December, two gay men held an engagement ceremony – and were promptly arrested. The event…
Staff Writer
19 February 2010