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Malawi Drops Sodomy Charges Against Two, Suspends Anti-gay Laws

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Malawi has suspended anti-homosexual laws pending a vote on whether to revoke the legislation, said Justice Minister Samuel Tembenu on Monday. Malawi suspended a law criminalizing homosexual acts in 2012 pending a parliament review. That law, which lays out a maximum jail sentence of 14 years, was seen by some to be in conflict with a constitution that calls for "respect for human rights." Because the parliamentary review never happened, law remained on the books and was used...

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