EL PRESIDENTE DE MALAWI SUCUMBE ANTE LA PRESIÓN INTERNACIONAL- LIBERANDO DE PRISIÓN A PAREJA GAY
ADVOCATE EDITORS/MAY 29,2010
TWO MEN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ENGAGING IN A SAME-SEX WEDDING CEREMONY HAVE BEEN PARDONED BY MALAWI PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA, WHO HAS ORDERED THEIR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, THE BBC REPORTS.
STEVEN MONJEZA, 26, AND TIWONGE CHIMBALANGA, 20, WERE JAILED IN DECEMBER AND THEN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED LAST WEEK ON CHARGES OF GROSS INDECENCY AND UNNATURAL ACTS.
“THESE BOYS COMMITTED A CRIME AGAINST OUR CULTURE, OUR RELIGION, AND OUR LAWS,” MUTHARIKA SAID AFTER MEETING WITH UN CHIEF BAN KI-MOON, WHO WAS IN MALAWI TO LOBBY FOR THE MEN’S RELEASE. “HOWEVER, AS THE HEAD OF STATE I HEREBY PARDON THEM AND THEREFORE ASK FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WITH NO CONDITIONS.
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