Centre for Development of the People (Cedep) which campaigns for rights for the Lesbians, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Inter-sex persons (LGBTI) community in Malawi has commended government for “embracing” homosexuality by requesting resources from The Global Fund for HIV and Aids interventions targeting the LGBTI community. According to published report, Malawi has asked for $388 […]
Malawi lawmakers unanimously voted in favor of a new Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill that still does not recognise same sex marriage as it is clear that marriage is a union between two adults of the opposite gender. This will disappoint those who would have hoped that there could be a way to legalise same-sex […]
A 19-year-old boy in Mzuzu who claimed to have been a victim of anual sex rape by the Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) assistant project officer Ishmael Makhuludzo, was actually in an affair with the suspect according to an investigation report compiled by Malawi Police as seen by Nyasa Times. In it, the […]
Malawi Police has arrested Centre for Development of People (Cedep) officer Ishmael Makhuludzo, 29 on allegations of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy (name withheld) at Luwinga Township in Mzuzu city. Mzuzu Police Public Relations Officer Sergeant Martin Bwanali said Makhuludzo allegedly had sexually abused the boy after a night drink out. “A […]
Pope Francis is probably not really amused, after a proposal for wider acceptance of homosexuals in the Catholic Church failed to secure the synodical majority vote of two-thirds, on Saturday, October 18 2014. The issue of gays has stolen the spotlight at Vatican since Pope Francis took over from Benedict XV who officially resigned on […]
Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza of Mzuzu Diocese has spoken against the campaign to allow same-sex liaisons in Malawi, expressing concerns with some Western influences as Vatican document states homosexuals have ‘gifts and qualities to offer’ in unprecedented step to ‘welcome’ gay people. The bishop, who was the Malawian representative at the two-week synod on family […]
Two human rights organisations, Centre for Development of the People (Cedep) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) with support from an American based organisation, Benetech, have launched a report on human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity which indicates a wave of intense homophobia is washing across Malawi . Proudly lesbian: […]
Malawi Police say Davie Ngwira, 32, who comes from Kankhande Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chilowamatambe in Kasungu, but works for Blantyre City Council (BCC) was arrested after being suspected to be sleeping with an underage boy. Ngwira was freed on bail but charged with sodomy. Blantyre police spokesperson Elizabeth Divala said Ngwira is suspected to […]
Malawi government has been urged by three renowned international human rights organisations to protect sexual minorities. “Malawi should take decisive steps to end discrimination and protect sexual minorities,” urged . Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. The made the call ahead of the just-ended 34th Summit of Heads of […]
There have been suggestions in the recent past criticizing the communiqué that was produced at the end of the AMECEA (Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa) plenary assembly and insinuating that in matters dealing with homosexual unions, what the Church in this region has said is at variance with indications from His Holiness […]
Calls to descriminalise homosexuality in Malaiw have been reignited, as a renowned gay rights campaigner, Gift Trapence has urged Malawi to show “commitment to universal human rights” by emulating Uganda’s constitutional court which recently quashed anti-gay law. The Ugandan top court nullified legislation signed by long-serving President Yoweri Museveni that made homosexuality a crime punishable by life in prison, citing a lack […]
Malawi-renowned gay rights campaigner, Gift Trapence has spoken against all prejudice, discrimination and hate crime on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inter-sex (LGBTI) people. Trapence writing jointly with rights campaigner Timothy Mtambo writing in their ‘Sexual Minority’ column in the Weekend Nation newspaper, urged for fair and open society. They were reacting to a communique signed by Catholic bishops from East and […]
Malawi has been accused by the United Nations human rights experts of failing to protect civil and political rights. The 18 independent expert of the U.N. Human Rights Committee, a group that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on Thursday announced that Malawi has for the first time since it […]
“There is no place for the State in the bedroom of the nation. What’s done in private between adults doesn’t concern the Criminal Code…” – Pierre Elliot Trudeau Ask the question: “Are people born gay?” and you will likely get one of the following two answers; NO. Human beings choose to be gay. They make immoral […]
Malawi is not arresting people for same-sex acts until the anti-gay laws are reviewed, Secretary for Justice and Solicitor General Janet Chikaya-Banda told the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva on Wednesday. Banda was formally responding to the committee’s inquiry in the findings of the Law Commission with regard to the review of the […]
The United Nations Human Rights Commitee wants Malawi government’s stand on calls to decriminalize gay and lesbian relationships. “Please provide information on the findings of the Law Commission with regard to its review of the Penal Code, in particular Sections 137(A), 153, and 156, in the context of the Human Rights Committee’s previous recommendation to decriminalize […]
Malawi’s most famous gay South Africa-based Tionge Chimbalanga aka Aunt Tio has undergone immeasurable metamorphosis as far as his looks are concerned since he left the country a couple of years ago. The 26-year old and Steve Monjeza were the first to hold the first ever public gay marriage in Malawi’s commercial capital of Blantyre in […]
Human rights activist in Malawi have made a fresh bid to decriminalise gay acts in the country. Homosexuality is a criminal offence in Malawi and attracts a maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment. But Cedep Executive director Gift Trapence addressing a news conference with rights campaigners to mark Malawi’s 50 years of independence, made a […]