A judge Malawi sentenc a gay uple to the maximum of 14 years jail for gross cency and "unnatural acts".
Contents:
- MALAWI GAY UPLE GET MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 14 YEARS
- MALAWI GAY COUPLE GUILTY OF 'INCENCY'
- GAY COUPLE MALAWI GET MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 14 YEARS PRISON
- LOVE FAILS TO NQUER ALL AS MALAWI GAY UPLE SEPARATE
- MALAWI URT NVICTS GAY UPLE
- MALAWI GAY UPLE WHO 'MARRIED' FACE HARSH PRISON SENTENC
- MALAWI GAY UPLE JAILED FOR CENCY, UNNATURAL ACTS
- MALAWI GAY UPLE NVICTED OF CENCY, UNNATURAL ACTS
- GAY MALAWI UPLE SEPARATED PRISON
- MALAWIAN GAY UPLE JAILED FOR 14 YEARS
MALAWI GAY UPLE GET MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 14 YEARS
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Image ptn, The pair were arrted after holdg an engagement ceremony last DecemberA judge Malawi has imposed a maximum sentence of 14 years prison wh hard labour on a gay uple nvicted of gross cency and unnatural judge said he wanted to protect the public om "people like you" Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, have been jail sce they were arrted December after holdg an engagement se has sparked ternatnal nmnatn and a bate about homosexualy the Brish ernment, Malawi's largt donor, exprsed s "dismay" at the sentenc, but has not whdrawn aid. UK gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell poted out that the laws unr which the pair were nvicted were troduced durg Brish lonial le.
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 18, 2010— -- A judge Malawi has found a gay uple guilty of unnatural acts and gross cency. The two have remaed prison sce the arrt, and uld be sentenced to up to 14 years se has drawn ternatnal nmnatn of anti-homosexualy laws Malawi.
MALAWI GAY COUPLE GUILTY OF 'INCENCY'
Two gay men Malawi, nvicted earlier this week of unnatural acts and gross cency, were sentenced Thursday to serve 14 years of hard labor prison. * malawi gay couple *
Steven and Tiwonge eely nfirmed their love for each other, but the prosecutn has entered no credible evince that they had mted any sexual acts, " Peter Tatchell, spokperson for the London-based gay human rights group OutRage!, told ABC News. Tatchell, who has been workg wh human rights groups supportg and advotg for the men, says he expects both men will appeal the is one of at least 37 Sub-Saharan Ain untri explicly crimalizg homosexualy.
Some of the untri, like Sudan and parts of Nigeria, have laws makg homosexualy a crime punishable by is a heated bate over a proposed law, often referred to as the "kill the gays" law, which would give the ath penalty to certa homosexual acts and life imprisonment for simply beg South Ai, the only untry Ai that has laws protectg gays om discrimatn, lbians have been subjected to "rrective rap" by gangs, wh human rights groups accg law enforcement officials there of lookg the other way.
GAY COUPLE MALAWI GET MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 14 YEARS PRISON
A gay uple Malawi face 14 years jail after beg nvicted of gross cency and unnatural acts. * malawi gay couple *
Wtern donor untri like the Uned Stat and Bra have exprsed unhapps wh the current trend of anti-gay laws Ai.
LOVE FAILS TO NQUER ALL AS MALAWI GAY UPLE SEPARATE
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In the Uned Stat, members of Congrs signed a bi-partisan rolutn nmng the Uganda law and all others on the ntent which crimalize homosexualy. Ain untri unter wh the argument that homosexualy is both anti-Ain and anti-Christian, that 's an "unnatural" way of life beg thst upon them by the liberal Wt. "Nearly all the anti-gay laws Ai were imposed by Wtern lonial powers like Bra durg the 19th century.
MALAWI URT NVICTS GAY UPLE
A gay uple Malawi, found guilty of gross cency and unnatural acts after they took part an "engagement ceremony," was sentenced to 14 years prison Thursday. * malawi gay couple *
"In some Ain untri, the anti-gay mpaign is beg stirred up by right wg evangelil church om the Uned Stat, " says Tatchell.
MALAWI GAY UPLE WHO 'MARRIED' FACE HARSH PRISON SENTENC
A urt Malawi has found a gay uple guilty of gross cency and unnatural acts, acrdg to wns who heard the verdict Tuday. * malawi gay couple *
"They are sendg preachers to Ai who are cg lol Christians to crack down on homosexualy. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTGay Couple Malawi Get Maximum Sentence of 14 Years PrisonMay 20, 2010JOHANNESBURG — Two gay men Malawi, nvicted this week of unnatural acts and gross cency, were sentenced Thursday to the maximum penalty allowed by law, 14 years of hard labor prison.
Homosexualy is regard as ttable by most people Malawi, an impoverished natn of 15 ln southern Ai.
Gays, lbians and transgenr people do not dare monstrate their affectns ctom of ncealment is what ma the engagement party — lled a chkhoswe the Chichewa language — held at a lodge Blantyre so exceptnal. Their actns were not planned as any assertn of gay rights, they said. ” He add that Malawi was only one of 80 untri wh “homophobic laws, ” and said that even before the verdict, he had planned to go to Malawi next week, where “I will e the opportuny to raise the issue wh the print.
MALAWI GAY UPLE JAILED FOR CENCY, UNNATURAL ACTS
“You mt unrstand the culture and tradns of Malawi, and what the two did is taboo, ” he natn’s clergy have been uned nmng the gay uple. “God lls homosexualy an abomatn, which is greater than a simple s, ” the Rev. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 6 of the New York edn wh the headle: Gay Couple Malawi Get Maximum Sentence of 14 Years Prison.
MALAWI GAY UPLE NVICTED OF CENCY, UNNATURAL ACTS
Outrage over their nvictns for gross cency and unnatural acts last month gave way to relief when the untry's print, Bgu wa Mutharika, eed them on "humanarian grounds" separatn was lled as a "tragedy" by one mpaigner who blamed on homophobic threats and abe. Monjeza, who faced fay hostily towards his prev relatnship wh Chimbalanga, said he no longer wanted to be associated wh homosexualy. I will rema a gay, " he told the Guardian.
"Monjeza was always a reluctant person this partnership, but they managed to get the waters tted and they have seen the waters are rough, " he former polil prisoner, who reprents the Associatn for Secular Humanism, said was now up to other gay men and women – who largely keep their sexualy private for fear of stigma and imprisonment – to pick up the baton and fight for their rights.
"Malawi will never be the same on the gay issue, " he said. Peter Tatchell, of the gay rights group Outrage!, said: "It is a tragedy that homophobic threats and abe have forced this uple apart. "Tatchell, who was munitn wh the uple for more than four months via prison visors he arranged, add: "Tiwonge and Steven never set out to be polil, but they have done more for gay and transgenr rights Malawi than anyone else.
GAY MALAWI UPLE SEPARATED PRISON
They have helped ntue the unfished Ain liberatn stggle by seekg eedom for gay, bisexual and transgenr Ains. Image ptn, Steven Monjeza (L) and Tiwonge Chimbalanga (R) face 14 years jailA urt Malawi has nvicted a gay uple of gross cency and unnatural Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, were arrted December 2009 after celebratg their engagement ahead of a weddg planned for 2010. They have been jail ever sce and now face 14 years arrt had sparked ternatnal nmnatn and a bate about homosexualy the Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa nvicted both men of engagg gay sex, which he said was "agast the orr of nature".
MALAWIAN GAY UPLE JAILED FOR 14 YEARS
"Same-sex liaisons are owned upon Malawi, where homosexual acts are men had nied the charg and their lawyers said their nstutnal rights had been the Centre for the Development of People (Cep) and the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilatn (CHRR) have been urgg thori to relax the untry's stance on BBC's Raphael Tenthani Blantyre, Malawi's meril pal, says the ernment is also g unr prsure om Wtern donors over the a poor untry, 40% of whose velopment budget pends on donors, such ncerns mt be taken serly, he on this storyAround the BBCRelated Inter LksThe BBC is not rponsible for the ntent of external s.