Tag: Malawi
Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations
Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in Africa and in the Caribbean. In the map above, which shows the 66 nations with anti-homosexua [...]
LGBTQ+ refugees in Africa celebrate Pride safely, joyously, nutritiously
Refugees in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia celebrated Pride this month with nutritious, festive meals organized by the human rights advocates of the Afr [...]
Report: Covid-19 threatens LGBTIQ+ Africans and their organisations
Covid-19 has hurt LGBTIQ+ communities in east and southern Africa while also revealing weaknesses in the region's LGBTIQ+ advocacy organisations, acco [...]
Activists fear for safety of 2 arrested Malawi dissidents
Human rights defenders fear for the safety of two prominent political dissidents and LGBTQ rights activists who were arrested March 8 for opposing Pre [...]
Malawi: Court releases 2 arrested activists
A Malawi court released LGBTI rights activists Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembeleka on bail Friday, three days after their arrest on fraud charges co [...]
Malawi police arrest 2 prominent LGBT rights activists
Police in Malawi have arrested Gift Trapence, the leader of the country's main LGBTI rights organization, the Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) [...]
Angola’s neighbors may copy its repeal of anti-gay law
Angola's repeal of its anti-gay law last month could lead to the repeal of all remaining anti-homosexuality laws in southern Africa, an international [...]
Gay arrests in Malawi: More mixed signals on gay rights
The southeast African country of Malawi remains torn about homosexuality -- unwilling to repeal its anti-homosexuality law, but also unwilling to enfo [...]
Ugandans flee anti-gay Kakuma, find worse in Malawi
Trouble was all that four desperate Ugandan LGBTI refugees found when they tried to escape from the homophobia and food shortages of Kenya's Kakuma re [...]
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