Police in Harare arrested two people Ellen Chadehama, 34, and Ingatius Mhambi, 38, employees of the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) organization after they posted a letter in their office from former San Francisco Mayor Willie Lewis Brown criticizing the Zimbabwean president’s opposition to homosexuality.

The two will remain in custody until Wednesday because of the Africa Day holiday.

The police have said that  the letter “undermined the authority of the president.”

Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza the gay couple from Malawi were sentenced to the maximum 14 years in prison for unnatural acts and gross indecency.

The gay couple were convicted under Malawi’s anti-gay laws.

Chimbalanga and Monjeza were arrested a day after they celebrated their engagement with a party at a hotel were Chimbalanga worked as a janitor.

Homosexuality is illegal in Malawi and in many other African countries, including Zimbabwe were activists have been fighting for gay rights to be included in the new constitution.

It has been reported that Uganda is considering a bill that could sentence homosexuals to life in prison.