Botswana's high court has thrown out a colonial-era law that criminalized same-sex relations in a landmark ruling lauded by activists. People who broke the law had faced the threat of a seven-year ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex on Tuesday, a landmark case for Africa, as the High Court rejected laws punishing it with up to seven years in prison.

The high court of Botswana Tuesday overturned anti-gay sections of the country's penal code that criminalized homosexuality for more than a century. "This victory is a historic landmark for LGBTQ ...

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Botswana’s High Court has decriminalised gay sex paving way for the legalisation of homosexuality in south African nation. In a landmark ruling, the court declared section 164 of the penal code which ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA, September 27, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The High Court of Botswana in Gaborone has dismissed an application reviewing the Water Utility Company ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday warmly welcomed the decision by the High Court of Botswana to decriminalize consensual same-sex relations between adults by ...

The Botswana High Court has overturned a customary law which prevented women from inheriting the family home. The judge ruled that the law contravened the constitution, which guarantees equality for ...

Botswana's High Court, in a highly-anticipated verdict, on Tuesday ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality, which is outlawed under the country's 1965 penal code. In a courtroom packed with ...