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  • Malawi arrests newly-wed gays for 'gross indecency' 29 Dec 2009 17:30 GMT
    ... symbolic ceremony on Saturday "will appear in court soon to answer charges of gross indecency." is ... public discussion of sex is still taboo. Malawi's penal code outlaws homosexuality and sodomy, which ... by a maximum of 14 years in jail. have intensified their efforts to repress homosexuality ...

  • Malawi court orders 'newly-wed' gays to stay in jail 30 Dec 2009 17:16 GMT
    ... Malawi court orders 'newly-wed' gays to stay in jail A ... "I want the two to remain in custody for police to make thorough investigations," police ...

  • Homophobic Malawi 30 Dec 2009 08:16 GMT
    ... couple was jailed for "gross indecency" in Malawi after the country's first same-sex public wedding ceremony ... symbolic ceremony on Saturday "will appear in court soon to answer charges of gross indecency." Homosexuality ... by a maximum of 14 years in jail. Countries such as Uganda, Senegal and Burundi ...

  • Gay couple remain jailed in Malawi 31 Dec 2009 00:05 GMT
    ... Blantyre - A Malawian court on Wednesday ordered a gay couple arrested at ... "I want the two to remain in custody for police to make thorough investigations," police ...

  • Malawi 'newly-wed' gays to stay in jail 30 Dec 2009 13:54 GMT
    ... "I want the two to remain in custody for police to make thorough investigations," police ... investigations," police prosecutor Dickens Mwambazi told the court. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, the first Malawian gays to publicly wed in a symbolic ...

  • Malawi gay couple denied bail for 'own protection' 5 Jan 2010 06:30 GMT
    ... A court in Malawi on Monday denied bail to two men arrested ... have broken laws, why not let the courts judge us?" Chimbalanga, who dresses in a ...

  • Malawi: Arrest of Malawi's first gay couple ignites public debate 30 Dec 2009 10:56 GMT
    ... A gay couple in Malawi on Tuesday spent the second night in ... and Women Affairs Minister Patricia Kaliati is advocating for prostitutes to be given money to ... under relevant laws of the land," said Attorney General Jane Ansah. The largely conservative Malawi ...

  • Malawi gay wedding couple denied bail 4 Jan 2010 20:12 GMT
    ... in a pickup truck before appearing in court. Photograph: Eldson Chagara/Reuters today denied bail to ... The case has generated huge interest in Malawi. Suzanne Worrica, a British spectator in court, said: ... have broken laws, why not let the courts judge us?" Chimbalanga, who dresses in a ...

  • Gay Malawian couple arrested after getting engaged lose bail application 4 Jan 2010 15:51 GMT
    ... Malawi gay wedding couple lose bail appeal A gay ... after getting engaged have been remanded in custody until their trial starts next week. Tiwonge ... between males and gross indecency. At their court appearance last week, Mr Monjeza, 26, hinted that ...

  • Malawi court denies bail to two charged with being gay 4 Jan 2010 15:30 GMT
    ... men were on Monday denied bail in court in Malawi where they face charges of engaging in homosexual ... to marry, were to remain in police custody until a fresh bail application is brought ...

  • Malawi gay couple bail rejected 4 Jan 2010 15:52 GMT
    ... Two gay Malawian men charged with gross public indecency after ... after getting engaged have been remanded in custody until their trial starts next week. Tiwonge ... between males and gross indecency. At their court appearance last week, Mr Monjeza, 26, hinted that ...

  • No bail for first married gays in Malawi 5 Jan 2010 05:20 GMT
    ... gay men were yesterday denied bail in court in Malawi where they face charges of engaging in homosexual ... to marry, were to remain in police custody until a fresh bail application is brought ...

  • Malawian gays denied bail 4 Jan 2010 15:53 GMT
    ... to marry, were to remain in police custody until a fresh bail application is brought ... traditional wedding. Magistrate Nyakwawa Usiwausiwa told the court the men are charged with contravening the laws ... High Court because it is inconsistent with Malawi's constitution. "Since 1994, as a country we ...

  • Married Malawi gay couple face test to prove they had sex 2 Jan 2010 05:11 GMT
    ... The first gay couple to marry in Malawi face a humiliating medical examination aimed at proving ... a women's blouse, and Monjeza appeared in court in the city of Blantyre to answer ... "We hope that the police and the courts will recognise that these men have committed ...

  • Malawian Married Gay Couple Plead Not Guilty to Indecency Charges 30 Dec 2009 22:22 GMT
    ... Human rights groups in Malawi have leapt to the defense of two gay ... same-sex ceremony. The men were charged in court Wednesday. The two men, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge ... Rights in Malawi's constitution. But the Malawi Law Society urged authorities to prosecute calling the ...


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