The State Department's 2023 report on Malawi records that the penal code makes insulting the religion of another person a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year of imprisonment, alongside related offenses for disturbing religious assemblies and wounding religious feelings, and notes the monitoring group End Blasphemy Laws found no indication the provision has been enforced.
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Citation
AuthorUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
PublisherUS Department of State
URLhttps://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/malawi/
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The United States' own State Department annual country report on religious freedom, the strongest available form for a fact about a country's blasphemy statute, hence the top tier. Connections
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This source names Malawi directly: "The State Department's 2023 report on Malawi records that the penal code makes insulting the religion of another person a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year of imprisonment, alongside related..."
Source US Department of State, 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: MalawiUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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