Malawi High Court weighs overturning anti-gay law
Repost from Erasing 76 Crimes Malawi’s anti-gay law faced a new challenge this week as the Malawi High Court decided to review the constitutionality of the country’s ban…
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Millennium Challenge Corporation Places Operational Hold on Malawi Compact
For Immediate Release July 26, 2011 Contact: Nasserie Carew 202 521-7258 (office) 202 631-7117 carewnm@mcc.gov Millennium Challenge Corporation Places Operational Hold on Malawi Compact The Millennium Challenge Corporation…
Read moreU.S. Condemns Violent Disruption of Protests in Malawi
July 21, 2011 For immediate release and posting: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson STATEMENT BY HEIDE BRONKE FULTON, ACTING DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON U.S. Condemns Violent Disruption…
Read moreIn Malawi, more scapegoating of LGBT as riots erupt
Repost from LGBT Asylum News Last week the British government announced that it was withdrawing budget support from the Malawian government. The move followed a diplomatic spat but…
Read moreMalawi Government Targets NGOs Working for LGBTI Human Rights
repost from African Activist In less than 20 days after the United States unfroze $350 million in foreign aid to Malawi, the government is claiming that Norwegian and…
Read moreCouncil position on suspension of $350 million in development assistance to Malawi
In February the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. government-funded development institution, suspended an agreement with Malawi, focused on energy sector development, based in part on concerns over a…
Read moreSex Between Women Now a Crime in Malawi: New Law Violates Human Rights Obligations of Malawi
press release from International Commission of Jurists IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 February 2011 Sex Between Women Now a Crime in Malawi: New Law Violates Human Rights Obligations of Malawi…
Read moreThe first anniversary of the Malawi gay arrests
by David Jones, CEDEP-Malawi US Volunteer Whether in December you celebrate Ashura, Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, the Solstice, or the Gregorian or Islamic New Year, please remember Tiwonge Chimbalanga…
Read moreGays in Africa face growing persecution, activists say
repost from the Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post | Foreign Service Sunday, December 12, 2010; A12 KAMPALA, UGANDA – Persecution of gays is intensifying across Africa,…
Read moreMalawi’s parliament has adopted a bill criminalizing consensual sex between women
Malawi’s parliament has adopted a bill criminalizing consensual sex between women. Malawi’s President must now decide whether to sign the bill into law. Malawi’s penal code currently prohibits…
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