Mauritius ends cruel anti-LGBTQ+ laws and makes gay sex legal
It’s a momentous day for the LGBTQ+ community of Mauritius, as the East African country’s Supreme Court decriminalises gay sex.
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It’s a momentous day for the LGBTQ+ community of Mauritius, as the East African country’s Supreme Court decriminalises gay sex.
Advocates hailed the decision on the African island nation while the court disparaged the law’s British colonial era origins in its ruling.
Under the law, individuals found guilty of engaging in same-sex relations were at risk of being jailed for up to five years.
The country's Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling on Wednesday, declared Section 250 of the Mauritian Criminal Code, which dates back to 1898, unconstitutional.
Momentous victory for human rights in Mauritius as Supreme Court rules law targeting LGBT people is unconstitutional Mauritius joins growing list of African nations that have decriminalised same-sex sexual activity (London, 4 October 2023) Today’s decision ...