Malawi Immediately Suspends Arrests of Gay Citizens

[William769]

Source: The Advocate

The small east African nation of Malawi made a giant leap toward equality Monday, as the minister of justice called for an immediate moratorium on arrests and prosecutions of gays under the existing penal code.

The nation's parliament is currently reviewing the constitutionality of antigay laws, which criminalize anyone who is LGBT. But in the interim, the minister said no one else will be arrested for being gay.



Read more: http://www.advocate.com/news/world-news/2012/11/05/malawi-immediately-suspends-arrests-gay-citizens

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[azurnoir]

1. a hopeful sign?

albeit small it's a step forward

[closeupready]

2. Good news.

K&R

[Nika]

3. Good news. Many of the radical rightwing wingnuts like Scott Lively of Massachusetts worked on the

anti gay ballot measures in Oregon pushed by the Oregon Citizen's Alliance. We broke their back and sent them backing. Which is what Africans should do whant they try to spread their hateful aiti-gay poison on that contenent.