Court rules against gay couples seeking recognition in Namibia
Namibia's High Court on Thursday ruled against two gay couples fighting for their marriages to be recognised under domestic law.
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Namibia's High Court on Thursday ruled against two gay couples fighting for their marriages to be recognised under domestic law.
Namibia High Court to pronounce on immigration rights of same-sex partners
The Namibian High Court is set to rule on an application for the right of non-Namibian same-sex spouses to live and work in the country.
When Phillip Lühl and Guillermo Delgado went to court in Namibia, they weren’t trying to become activists. The couple, who were married in South Africa, simply wanted to live together with their children, as a family, in Mr. Lühl’s native Namibia. But as their case and another similar one wind through the courts, they are drawing renewed focus to laws that criminalize LGBTQ people – such as lack of recognition for same-sex marriages. In recent years, similar restrictions have begun to topple across the region, and activists hope Namibia’s may be next. Those court challenges are, ...