Gay activists sneer at court ruling | Sunday Standard
The Court of Appeal judgment which upheld a 2019 High Court ruling that decriminalized gay sex has been met with scepticism by gay activists.
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The Court of Appeal judgment which upheld a 2019 High Court ruling that decriminalized gay sex has been met with scepticism by gay activists.
Botswana has decriminalised gay sex. The country’s court of appeal upheld a 2019 ruling of decriminalisation. The unanimous decision by five judges stated that criminalisation violated the constitutional rights of LGBQTIA+ people. Members of the gay community hailed the ruling as sign of true democracy in the country. The Daily Vox spoke to Monica Tabengwa, a lawyer and researcher from Botswana who specialises in LGBT issues in sub-Saharan Africa.