Malawi’s President, Bingu wa Mutharika, met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at State House last week with the unconditional release being ordered immediately after. In ordering the pardon, the President warned that homosexuality remains illegal in Malawi, outlining that the release of the couple was on “humanitarian grounds only”.

To view the address of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Parliament of Malawi in full, please follow the link; http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/sgspeeches/statments_full.asp?statID=832.