Malawi: Court Orders Police to Arrest Homosexuals

11 February 2016

A court in Malawi's northern region has ordered the country's director of prosecutions and the police to arrest those found engaging in homosexual activities.

The instruction, according to Malawi24, came after pastors in the Mzuzu area filed a court application calling for people in same sex relationships to be prosecuted. They argued that homosexuality was against the laws of the southern African country.

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