Campaigners urge Scotland to consider aid to Malawi after arrest of gay couple
Scotland government has been urged by human rights campaigners to review their £3 million in funding to Malawi each year following the arrest of the first gay couple to marry in the country, Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza.
Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner, told The Scotsman newspaper that there should be “no blank cheque” for countries like Malawi that “violate human rights”.
“I hope the Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond will call for the dropping of all charges,” he said.
“If he can make representations to the Malawian ambassador in London and directly to the Malawian president I’m sure it will help ease these men’s plight.
“There’s nothing indecent about two men getting married.”
He added that he hoped the injustice could be resolved by “diplomatic negotiations” but said: “If that fails the UK should reconsider its aid and trade agreements with Malawi.”
“There can be no blank cheque for countries that violate human rights,” he added.
Ros Micklem, Scottish director of the Equality and Humans Rights Commission, also called on the Scottish Government to speak out against the discrimination.
“In our view, criminalising homosexuality is a major barrier to equality and people’s fundamental human rights,” she said.
“This is a view we hope all ambassadors from both Scottish and UK governments not only share but today, and in the coming weeks, will express clearly to their counterparts in Malawi.”
However, homosexuality is illegal in Malawi and carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.
Scottish Government spokesman declined to become involved, saying: “The Scottish Government’s co-operation agreement with the government of Malawi identifies priority areas for our development funding, aimed at helping some of the world’s poorest people.
“Any other internal issues are a matter for the government of Malawi.” – (Source; The Scotsman)
Tagged with: Alex Salmond, gay, homosexual, Scotland, Steven Monjeza, Tiwonge Chimbalanga
We don’t need your money if it is in exchange for corrupting our children.We are Christians not back biters and back sliders. Our culture is our culture please respect it. Nobody in Malawi tells you to wear skirts without underwear at public functions.
Peter Tatchell human rights campaigner f*** off with your scotish aid..go back home Malawi is Malawi..no gay shit..
Leviticus 20:10 -
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife — with the wife of his neighbor — both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
Leviticus 20:27 -
A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.
So, you think that Malawi law should be updated to reflect the Book of Leviticus? How many men and women will be killed due to their adultery? Will you murder every traditional healer by stoning them?
This is Malawi not Saudi Arabia. A constitution based on human rights.
Muwamange nd ma lawyer awo omwewo! Anthu onunkha amenewo!
Peter, shame on you, wicked man, son of the devil. if you are still in Malawi by now, you must be admitted in a mental hospital togethter with those insane men you are supporting. Malawi is malawi, we know what is good for us, not even you nor the whole of scotland can tell us what to do. to hell with your 3 million pounds. we have our own cultures and beliefs that we will embrace with or without your aid. malawi is not on sale, maybe you should revisit the agreement that your govt signed with us, it doesn’t have those conditions otherwise we wouldn’t have signed. all homosexuals are schizophrenic, there is a total breakdown with reality. if one can see another man as a woman, this is madness, that needs to be treated with antipsychotics. the anus is the exit of stool,nothing is meant to enter inside from outside that is why the men who become women have gaping anuses and flatus just comes out anyhow. the anal sphincter has lost its elasticity becaus eof abuse, it is a oneway traffic. Malawi, let us unite and fight this ungodly act, apo bii, tilangika koopsya. atiwonongela ana azunguwa. May the Almighty God protect us from all these demons.
Mr. Peter Tatchel, please, spare us this immorality. We are a conservative country and we will remain as such! Please, tell your Scotish brothers not to bother coming here with their pounds.We don’t need it. We are not a sell-out nation!
before human rights and western morals do pple understand that there is a living God??? what is the Bible or Quran saying about homosexuality? have u forgotten the story about sodom and gomora how pple were perished bcoz of these same deeds? it buffles me sometimes to see that alot of pple copy things from the azungus especially the westerners if only pipo cud realise that these pple do not believe in God it cud have been easy to understand their motives of bringing development in the name of churches. most of the churches are scapegoats they are being used to persue some pples agenda and u are blind folded. these pple want to brain wash us. watever God forbid will NEVER, EVER*** at all cost be acceptable. these pple, thou they say they pray they even tie their knot in the churhes in front of pastors, bishops or whoever it is a total lie in black n white. these are devilish practices coz they are contrally with Gods words those who know the bible will tell u and those who know the Quran will not mince words. this is abominable act and there is no way it shud be condoned unless we want the wrath from the owner and sustainer of the world God the Greatest. God craeted man in his image and gave him wisedom and a clear sense of judgenent and full of humanity but when a man turns a blind eyes to all these gratitudes of him and start behaving like an animal and even an animal is better off coz in history there has never been that story of animals of same sex doing it together even plants does not do such a thing. do u think God was crazy when he created male and female in all most every thing?do u think it cudnt have been easy to God to create yet another gender apart from male n female or even just one gender? stop making this noise when u re just reducing urselves. in plain talk that is satanic. whoever involves himself, be part of it, encourages it,pave way for it, practices it, bank roll it, there will be nothing for u but hell that is a promise from GOd.
good pple a word is enough for the wise.
watch out god can just punish u ndi zinthu zazi,undule peter ndigulu lanu do u still rememberwhat god didsodom and zoonagomorah
Who is this foreign guy trying to give us lectures on how we shud be staying here in sweet home, Malawi?.Akalimbikira zakezo tiwanyonga awa a homowa or iye awatenge azikachita zopusazo ku scotland’ko..fotseki
kodi a scotland amatithandiza kodi? sindimadziwa. Akagwere nacho uko chithandizo chawocho ngati angawone kuti malawi yalakwa kugwira agalu amenewa.
atithandiza a chayina!