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Gay Malawian couples sentenced to 14 years in jail

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

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Gay couple in Malawi found guilty

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

Men could face up to 14 years in prison with hard labour in ‘devastating blow for human rights in Africa’

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

Gay couple lawyer mitigates for non-custodial sentence

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

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President slams homosexuality

Nyasa Times President Bingu wa Mutharika has come out in the open to express disapproval of homosexuality in Malawi. The President commenting for the first time since the arrest and…

Staff Writer24 April 2010

Gay couple sent to test waters, to hell with donors-Kaliata

By Nyasa Times Arraigned gay couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were sent by international homosexuality campaigners to taste the resolve of Malawi, Minister of Gender, Women and Children Affairs…

Staff Writer24 April 2010

Date set in trial of Malawi gay couple

EDGE Boston When 26-year-old Steven Monjeza and 20-year-old Tiwonge Chimbalanga celebrated an engagement ceremony in the African nation Malawi, it was symbolic of their love. But the legal ramifications that…

Staff Writer23 March 2010

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 Writer12 March 2010

Malawi launches hunt for gays

Blantyre – Police in Malawi said on Sunday they were hunting down key figures in the country’s gay community after discovering "pornographic films" at the office of a rights group.…

Staff Writer28 February 2010

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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 Writer24 February 2010

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Gay Malawian couples sentenced to 14 years in jail

Gay couple in Malawi found guilty

Men could face up to 14 years in prison with hard labour in ‘devastating blow for human rights in Africa’

Gay couple lawyer mitigates for non-custodial sentence

President slams homosexuality

Gay couple sent to test waters, to hell with donors-Kaliata

Date set in trial of Malawi gay couple

Tutu speaks out against attacks on LGBT rights in Africa

Malawi launches hunt for gays

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

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