Malawi: 'Dark Day' in Malawi for Rights of LGBT People

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Press Release - Constitutional Court Upholds Criminalization of Same-Sex Conduct

Malawi's Constitutional Court on June 28 rejected a legal challenge to the penal code that makes same-sex conduct a criminal offense. The decision contradicts fundamental rights, including the rights to equality and nondiscrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, protected under international human rights law.sections 153, 154, and 156.

The court dismissed all the arguments that were raised, maintaining that it was parliament's responsibility to review and amend laws.

 

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