MALAWI COURT BANGS UP GAY COUPLE FOR “UN-NATURAL ACTS”

A court in Malawi has convicted a gay couple who celebrated their engagement of gross indecency and “un-natural acts”. This could see them being sent to prison for over ten years. Additionally, activists fear that this would also damage the fight against AIDS and send others into hiding. The...

May 18th, 2010 | Highlights, International | Read More

MALAWI PROTEST IN LONDON

Human rights campaigners rallied outside the Commonwealth’s head quarters in London yesterday to protest against the prosecution and imprisonment of Malawian gay couple, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga. Edi Phiri, a gay Malawian who left the country after he was badly beaten, spoke at the...

March 23rd, 2010 | News | Read More

MALAWI GAY MARRIAGE TRIAL NEXT WEEK

A Malawian court yesterday refused bail to two men who celebrated their engagement to be married in a traditional African ceremony, which they held late last year. Giving his ruling at a court in the city of Blantyre on Monday 4 January, judge Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa claimed Steven Monjeza (26) and Tiwonge...