马拉维一对被捕的男同性恋者被拒绝保释
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A Malawian judge has rejected a bail1 application by two gay men charged with public indecency after getting engaged.

一位马拉维法官拒绝了一对男同性恋者的保释申请,据悉此二人订婚后因为公开猥亵罪而遭指控。

Steven Monjeza (L) and Tiwonge Chimbalanga (R) face 14 years in jail
Steven Monjeza (L) and Tiwonge Chimbalanga (R) face 14 years in jail

Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa said Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza would be safer in custody2 while they wait their trial - expected to start next week.

The pair, believed to be the first gay couple in Malawi to start the process of getting married, pleaded not guilty不服罪 to the charges last week.

Homosexual acts carry a maximum prison sentence of 14 years in Malawi.

Denying them bail, Mr Usiwa-Usiwa said: "The accused have the right to bail but considering the public interest their case has generated it is the view of the court that they are safer in police custody than out there."

He said the pair would be given bail on 10 January if prosecutors3 had not finished investigating by then.

Cheering crowds

The BBC's Raphael Tenthani in Blantyre, where the case was held, says Mr Monjeza looked downcast气馁的,沮丧的 throughout the hearing and burst into tears when the magistrate地方法官,裁判官 remanded them in custody.

At their court appearance last week, the 26-year-old had hinted that he would consider calling off the proposed wedding.

"I am sad I am going back to Chichiri Prison," he said.

"The conditions are terrible there. People are exaggerating夸大,夸张 this thing. I may just as well dissolve this marriage."

After the latest hearing the pair were surrounded by hundreds of people who were chanting and cheering.

Our correspondent says Mr Chimbalanga, 20, who dresses in women's clothes, acknowledged答谢 the crowd with a wave as they shouted: "Aunt Tiwonge, Aunt Tiwonge".

The pair face three charges of unnatural5 practices between males and gross indecency猥亵,下流.

Malawi is a deeply conservative society but recently a group of campaigners came together to form a gay rights organisation6, Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP).

CEDEP's executive director, Gift Trapence, says the laws used to arrest the couple are invalid无效的 because they are against the Bill of Rights enshrined in珍藏,庄严载入 the 1995 constitution.

Correspondents say some voices in government have also started to call for more openness about homosexuality as the authorities try to tackle high rates of HIV/Aids.



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1 bail Aupz4     
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
参考例句:
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
2 custody Qntzd     
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
参考例句:
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
3 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
参考例句:
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
4 magistrate e8vzN     
n.地方行政官,地方法官,治安官
参考例句:
  • The magistrate committed him to prison for a month.法官判处他一个月监禁。
  • John was fined 1000 dollars by the magistrate.约翰被地方法官罚款1000美元。
5 unnatural 5f2zAc     
adj.不自然的;反常的
参考例句:
  • Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗?
  • She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。
6 organisation organisation     
n.组织,安排,团体,有机休
参考例句:
  • The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
  • His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
7 invalid V4Oxh     
n.病人,伤残人;adj.有病的,伤残的;无效的
参考例句:
  • He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。
  • A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。
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