By the numbers: Gay Malawi couple

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Ages of Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, gay men who held an engagement ceremony in Malawi

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Years of hard labor in prison to which the two were sentenced for “gross indecency and unnatural acts”

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Days the couple spent together after being pardoned by the president of Malawi under international pressure

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Members of the couple — Steven Monjeza — who is now dating a woman. The two men were told they could be arrested again if they remained a couple.

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Nations in Africa where homosexuality is illegal

 

Source: BBC News, CNN International