About Malawi
 official name: Republic of Malawi
capital: Lilongwe
head of state: President Bingu wa Mutharika
state: multi party
population: 13,013,926
independence: from Britain in 1964, July 6
languages: English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages important regionally
religion: Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs
currency: Malawian kwacha (MWK)
Legal Wise
status of homosexuality: illegal
age of consent:
laws covering homosexual activity: Section 153 Penal Code, which prohibits "unnatural offences", and Section 156 concerning "public decency", are used to punish homosexual acts. It is reported that, in the past, Europeans who committed homosexual acts with Malawis were prosecuted under Article 156 and expelled as undesirable aliens.
background information and government attitudes: NA
Communication
main lines in use: 102,700 (2005)
cellular telephones: 429,300 (2005)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus a third station held in standby status) (2001).
Radios: 2.6 million (1997).
Television broadcast stations: 1 (2001).
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 377 (2006)
Internet users: 52,500 (2005)
Articles:
 MUTHARIKA CRITICISES GAY MOVEMENT
by Mask Admin 29/4/2010
MALAWI � 29 April 2010: The homosexual movement in Malawi was dealt a heavy blow at the weekend when President Bingu wa Mutharika condemned the act, describing it as foreign and un-African. President Mutharika made the scathing remarks during the consecration of a Roman Catholic Bishop at Limbe Cathedral in Blantyre
GAY INMATE FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN MALAWIAN PRISON
by Mask Admin 21/4/2010
MALAWI � 21 April 2010: One of the two men detained for holding a same-sex engagement party, is in a critical condition at Chichiri Prison and gay rights activists say it is because of the situation at this facility, where inmates eat only twice a day, with fetid holding cells, no proper sanitation and medical care.
UN PRISONNIER GAY SE BAT POUR SA VIE DANS UNE PRISON AU MALAWI
by Simangele Mzizi 21/4/2010
MALAWI � 20 Avril 2010: L�un des deux hommes d�tenus pour avoir organis� une c�r�monie de fian�ailles entre personnes de m�me sexe est dans une situation critique � la Prison de Chichiri et les militants en faveurs des droits des gays disent que c�est en raison des conditions de d�tention dans cette structure p�nitentiaire o� les prisonniers ont droit � deux repas seulement par jour avec des cellules �troites sans sanitaires et soins m�dicaux.
TOP COURT REFUSES TO HEAR GAY COUPLE'S CASE
by Mask Admin 25/2/2010
MALAWI � 25 February 2010: Malawi's constitutional court on Tuesday refused to hear the case of a gay couple arrested for "gross indecency" after they had held the nation's first public same-sex wedding ceremony. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were arrested in late December and have been tried in a magistrate's court in this conservative southern African country where homosexuality is illegal.
MALAWI POLICE ARREST MAN IN ANTI-GAY SWEEP
by Mask Admin 18/2/2010
MALAWI � 18 February 2010: Police in Malawi say they have arrested a man in what they describe as a sweep against homosexuals. There is a debate over gay rights in the conservative Southern African country, sparked by the trial of a gay couple charged with unnatural acts and gross indecency, felonies for which they couldbe imprisoned for up to 14 years.
 MALAWI LAUNCHES OPERATION AGAINST HIGH-PROFILE GAY AND LESBIAN PEOPLE by Mask Admin 17/2/2010
MALAWI GAY ACTIVISTS �MUST BE MORE OPEN� by Mask Admin 12/2/2010
GAY COUPLE FACE 14 YEARS IN MALAWI PRISON by Mask Admin 25/1/2010
LE PARLEMENT MALAWI INTERDIT L�HOMOSEXUALITE by Mask Admin 4/9/2009
MALAWIAN PARLIAMENT BANS HOMOSEXUALITY by Mask Admin 4/8/2009
cedep challenges government on hiv and aids by Mask Admin 15/1/2009
msm research highlights safe-sex education needed in malawi by Mask Admin 4/7/2008
cedep unravels homosexuality in malawi by Nthateng Mhlambiso 12/7/2007
homosexuality exists in mw prisons�lucius banda by Mask Admin 23/4/2007
petra against homosexuality by Mask Admin 5/2/2007
ngo advocates for homosexuality by Mask Admin 23/1/2007
malawi parliament rejects homosexuality by Musa Ngubane 19/1/2007
gays roped in to fight aids? by Mask Admin 13/12/2006
malawi govt reaping peanuts from tourism by Mask Admin 8/6/2006
legalize homosexuality says human rights body by Mask Admin 21/11/2005
in defence of mhrrc on homosexuality by Mask Admin 2/3/2005
full of promise by Mask Admin 14/7/2004
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