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Released on July 15, 2010
Released on June 2, 2010
Amnesty International has warned that a Malawian couple given a presidential pardon following their conviction of "gross indecency" and "unnatural acts" could face further harassment unless the law is changed.
Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were released from prison on 29 May 2010 after President Bingu wa Mutharika pardoned them on humanitarian grounds.
Released on May 21, 2010

Steven Monjeza, 26 and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, sentenced to 14 years in jail.
Released on May 5, 2010
Amnesty International has condemned the suspension by a Lithuanian court of the 2010 Baltic Pride march, which was set to take place in the capital Vilnius on Saturday.
The city's administrative court on Wednesday agreed to an application by the Lithuanian Interim Attorney General to temporarily suspend the march on public security grounds despite police assurances that they are able to protect participants from attacks from counter-demonstrators.
Released on May 4, 2010
Amnesty International has called on the Lithuanian President, Dalia Grybauskaite, to ensure that the 2010 Baltic Pride march goes ahead on 8 May despite a new attempt to have it banned.
A Vilnius court is to rule tomorrow on a request by the country's Interim Attorney General to ban the march on the grounds that it would constitute a threat to public order.
Released on 22 April 2010
Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court of the Philippines to overturn the ban on a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) political party, allowing it to contest in next month's national elections for the first time.
Released on July 03, 2009
The historic decision by the high court in Delhi on Thursday to decriminalize homosexuality, has been welcomed by Amnesty International.
Release on June 17, 2009

Lithuanian LGBT activists take part in Baltic Pride, Latvia, May 16, 2009 © Amnesty International
March 19
On his first trip to Africa this week, Pope Benedict XVI visits Cameroon, a country that criminalizes same-sex sexual relations.
Amnesty International has asked Pope Benedict during his visit, to urge the government of Cameroon to eradicate discrimination based on sexual orientation.