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Malawi: Protecting the rights of same-sex couples

Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were arrested on 28 December 2009 and charged with violating sections 153 and 156 of Malawi’s Penal Code prohibiting carnal knowledge against the order of…

Staff Writer29 July 2010

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Picking up the pieces in Malawi

Human rights activists plot the path forward in the wake of the recent same-sex court case. Before the outsized international human rights outcry. Before the world had even heard of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga.…

Staff Writer3 June 2010

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Malawi’s President pardons Monjeza and Chimbalanga

Malawi’s President announced today that he was pardoning Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, the couple would have spent 14 years in prison. The couple was imprisoned for 5 months. This…

Staff Writer29 May 2010

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Gay couple appeal

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

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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 Patel24 May 2010

Malawi gays had no chance

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

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 Writer21 May 2010

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 Writer21 May 2010

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African civil society outraged by harsh sentence and call for release of Malawi couple

African civil society outraged by harsh sentence and call for release of Malawi couple and repeal of discriminatory laws Jointly Issued by AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, Southern…

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

Steven Monjeza

Malawi: Protecting the rights of same-sex couples

Picking up the pieces in Malawi

Malawi’s President pardons Monjeza and Chimbalanga

Gay couple appeal

Grave threat to rights of all in Malawi

Malawi gays had no chance

Gay sentence ‘an outrage’

Being gay in Africa, a life-threatening situation

African civil society outraged by harsh sentence and call for release of Malawi couple

Gay couple in Malawi found guilty

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