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SA urged to probe jailing of Zim activist

The Mail and Guardian learned on Tuesday that detained Zimbabwean human rights defender Farai Maguwu had been removed from the notorious Matapi police cells in Harare. "Sometime on Saturday, he…
Staff Writer
15 June 2010
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Grave threat to rights of all in Malawi

The Business Day By Priti Patel LAST week, a magistrate in Blantyre, Malawi, sentenced Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza to 14 years in prison — the maximum penalty — for…
Priti Patel
24 May 2010
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Gay sentence ‘an outrage’

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 Writer
21 May 2010
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Being gay in Africa, a life-threatening situation

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 Writer
21 May 2010
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Malawi gay sentenced slammed

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 Writer
20 May 2010
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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 Writer
20 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 Writer
18 May 2010
Men could face up to 14 years in prison with hard labour in ‘devastating blow for human rights in Africa’ ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

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 Writer
18 May 2010