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Zuma continues to sit on army general’s report on violence

analysis In 2008 former South African President Thabo Mbeki commissioned a fact finding mission into state sponsored violence that took place in the run up to Zimbabwe’s one man presidential…
Staff Writer
25 March 2010
Date set in trial of Malawi gay couple ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

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 Writer
23 March 2010
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
Civil society organisations call for the repeal of discriminatory laws and the dismissal of charges in Malawi same-sex case Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights NewsMalawi

Civil society organisations call for the repeal of discriminatory laws and the dismissal of charges in Malawi same-sex case

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS CALL FOR THE REPEAL OF DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND THE DISMISSAL OF CHARGES IN MALAWI SAME-SEX CASE We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our deep concern at…
Staff Writer
21 January 2010
“Zimbabwe could slide into a civil war” – leading think-tank warns SADC Civic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsInternational JusticeInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice TortureSADCZimbabwe

“Zimbabwe could slide into a civil war” – leading think-tank warns SADC

JOHANNESBURG – A leading Regional think-tank has warned SADC leaders of the impact of their failure to find lasting solution to the Zimbabwean crisis at the Maputo Summit on Thursday.…
Staff Writer
7 November 2009