Posts tagged Malawi

There are mixed messages out of Malawi in response to a supposed announcement that laws criminalising same-sex sexual conduct in the country are to be …

Malawi has announced that laws criminalising same-sex sexual conduct in the country are to be suspended pending a decision on whether or not to repeal …

Discrimination against gay and gender-diverse people has “worsened” in Africa due to homophobic laws and escalating persecution, Amnesty International has reported. The 2012 Amnesty International …

Malawi’s Law Commission will review the country’s sodomy laws as part of a review of laws passed by the governing Democratic Progressive Party under President …

The Malawian Government has rejected warnings from the British Government that it will impose aid fines if it does not stop persecuting its LGBTI citizens. …

The former president of Botswana, Festus Mogae, has criticised Malawi’s laws against homosexuality as an obstacle in the fight against HIV. Mogae was on a …

Malawi’s justice and constitutional affairs minister, George Chaponda (pictured) has blamed Malawian human rights groups that advocate for the rights of sexual minorities for the …

As the equatorial atmosphere hijacked the plane, I sat strapped to my seat, sweating and watching Madonna’s documentary I Am Because We Are. The title …

Two reports released by international human rights defenders has put the spotlight on global GLBTI rights. The Amnesty International Report 2010 and the ILGA 2010 …

Pull out your pens, in defiance of the sword, and write a letter of support for two Malawian men who face a 14-year prison sentence …