Current Version
Region | Malawi |
Issue | Homosexual activity |
Status | Male illegal, female uncertain |
Start Date | Apr 1, 1930 |
End Date | Sep 9, 2018 |
Description | 8-14 years in prison. Not enforced since 2012. |
Sources | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/27/gay-relationships-still-criminalised-countries-report https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/gay-lesbian-bisexual-relationships-illegal-in-74-countries-a7033666.html |
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Value | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) | Male illegal, female uncertain |
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Value | Male illegal, female uncertain | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
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Value | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) | Male illegal, female uncertain |
Description | 8-14 years in prison. Not enforced since 2012. Decriminalization pending. | 8-14 years in prison. Not enforced since 2012. |
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End Date | Jul 14, 2018 | Jul 20, 2018 |
Description | 8-14 years in prison. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending. | 8-14 years in prison. Not enforced since 2012. Decriminalization pending. |
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End Date | Jun 13, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 |
Description | 8-14 years in prison. Not enforced. | 8-14 years in prison. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending. |
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End Date | Jun 6, 2018 | Jun 13, 2018 |
Sources | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/27/gay-relationships-still-criminalised-countries-report | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/27/gay-relationships-still-criminalised-countries-report https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/gay-lesbian-bisexual-relationships-illegal-in-74-countries-a7033666.html |
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Sources | https://lgbt-rights-hrw.silk.co/ | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/27/gay-relationships-still-criminalised-countries-report |
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End Date | Jan 17, 2018 | Feb 3, 2018 |
Description | Up to 14 years in prison. Not enforced. | 8-14 years in prison. Not enforced. |
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End Date | Sep 6, 2017 | Jan 17, 2018 |
Description | sexual acts between men: up to 14 years in prison; sexual acts between women 5 years in prison. Not enforced. | Up to 14 years in prison. Not enforced. |
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End Date | Sep 5, 2017 | Sep 6, 2017 |
Description | sexual acts between men: up to 14 years in prison; sexual acts between women 5 years in prison. de jour is defacto not enforced. | sexual acts between men: up to 14 years in prison; sexual acts between women 5 years in prison. Not enforced. |
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Description | sexual acts between men: up to 14 years in prison; sexual acts between women 5 years in prison | sexual acts between men: up to 14 years in prison; sexual acts between women 5 years in prison. de jour is defacto not enforced. |
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Value | Legal | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
Start Date | Jan 1, 2012 | Apr 1, 1930 |
End Date | Aug 11, 2016 | Feb 12, 2017 |
Description | No | sexual acts between men: up to 14 years in prison; sexual acts between women 5 years in prison |
Sources | http://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/sub-saharan-africa/malawi | https://lgbt-rights-hrw.silk.co/ |
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