May 21, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ — Two gay men were given the maximum sentence by a Malawi judge after being convicted of “gross indecency and unnatural acts.” The pair has been in jail since holding an engagement ceremony in December.
The sentence has been denounced by the US, UK and other nations and has sparked debate in Malawi about homosexuality.
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