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5 January 2010

Malawian couple face 14-year jail sentence

Arrest of a same-sex couple in the African state spotlights endemic persecution

By Samira Shackle

As the gay rights cause makes headway in Latin America, with same-sex marriage becoming legal in Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, a story from Africa has illustrated that this is not the case across the globe.

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