Malawi Court to Deliver Landmark Ruling on Same-Sex Relationships

Judgement is expected tomorrow in a landmark case challenging Malawi’s laws criminalizing same-sex relationships.

A panel of three judges, sitting as a constitutional court in Blantyre, heard oral submissions from all parties in August last year.

The case was brought by two men, Jan Willem Akster and Jana Gonani, who argued that sections of the Penal Code prohibiting “unnatural offenses” were unconstitutional.

During the hearing, lawyer Bob Chimkango told the court that his client...