Botswana appeals lg allowg gay sex, urt lays judgment | Rters

Contents:

• BOTSWANA APPEALS URT UPHOLDS LG THAT CRIMALISED GAY SEX
• BOTSWANA PRINT VOWS TO HONOUR GAY RIGHTS JUDGMENT
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) TRAVEL TO BOTSWANA
• BOTSWANA SCRAPS GAY SEX LAWS BIG VICTORY FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS AI
• BOTSWANA PORTS U.S. PASTOR STEVEN ANRSON OVER ANTI-GAY VIEWS
• BOTSWANA'S HIGH COURT POSTPON CISN GAY SEX SE
• BOTSWANA APPEALS LG ALLOWG GAY SEX, URT LAYS JUDGMENT
• BOTSWANA SCRAPS GAY SEX LAWS BIG VICTORY FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS AI

BOTSWANA APPEALS URT UPHOLDS LG THAT CRIMALISED GAY SEX

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BOTSWANA PRINT VOWS TO HONOUR GAY RIGHTS JUDGMENT

Current statSce Jun 11, 2019Legal Botswana's High Court has led favour of crimalisg homosexualy a landmark cisn for mpaigners. Gay rights mpaigners exprsed joy at the Botswana urt of appeal’s cisn to uphold a lg that crimalised same-sex relatnships, sayg the untry’s judiciary had set an example for other Ain ernment had appealed a 2019 lg that crimalisg homosexualy was unnstutnal.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) TRAVEL TO BOTSWANA

The lg had been hailed as a major victory for gay rights mpaigners on the ntent, followg an unsuccsful attempt Kenya to repeal lonial-era laws crimalisg gay sex. ”Before the 2019 lg, gay sex was punishable by up to seven years jail.

I have all sorts of emotns, but the bottom le is I am really happy, ” said Cae Youngman, head of policy and legal advocy for the anisatn Lbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana.

Homosexualy is illegal many Ain untri, wh nvictns rryg a ath sentence some stat.

BOTSWANA SCRAPS GAY SEX LAWS BIG VICTORY FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS AI

While Cape Town markets self as “Ai’s gay pal, ” South Ai has been ut to avoid the accatn of exportg s approach to human rights.

Now that South Ai is jt one of four natns the regn to have crimalized nsentg homosexual acts, may bee more forthright speakg out agast gross vlatns of the human rights of sexual and genr mori other Ain untri.

In this May 2010 photo, women prott agast a sentence of 14 years prison, wh hard labour, given to two men Malawi unr Malawi’s anti-gay legislatn, the cy of Cape Town, South Ai,.

BOTSWANA PORTS U.S. PASTOR STEVEN ANRSON OVER ANTI-GAY VIEWS

The mon assumptn is that tradnal culture Botswana is imil to gay rights.

LEGABIBO (Lbians, Gays, Bisexuals of Botswana, whose CEO ttified as a iend of the urt this se), is one of the olst sexual mory rights associatns on the ntent outsi of South Ai.

BOTSWANA'S HIGH COURT POSTPON CISN GAY SEX SE

Botswana jos list of Ain untri reviewg gay rights. GABORONE, Nov 29 (Rters) - Botswana's Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a 2019 lg that crimalised gay sex, a cisn hailed by gay muny as tablishg the southern Ain untry as a "te mocracy"'s cisn effect stck off two sectns of the penal that had outlawed the 2019 High Court lg, which was praised by ternatnal anisatns and activists, engagg gay sex Botswana was punishable by up to seven years state had argued on appeal that the penal outlawed gay sex and there was no evince that people's attu towards homosexualy had changed. Readg the unanimo cisn by five judg, Court of Appeal Judge Print Ian Kirby said the crimalisatn of nsensual same-sex activi vlated the nstutnal rights of lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenr persons to digny, liberty, privacy and equaly.

Wearg rabow-loured masks, members of the gay muny at the urt reacted wh loud cheers. Fally the state will have no bs what two nsentg adults do their privacy, " Sethunya Mosime, chairperson the Lbians, Gays, and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO), said outsi the urt.

Botswana's print vowed Monday to fully implement a urt lg crimalizg homosexualy the landlocked southern Ain untry, two months after losg an appeal to overturn the lg. "We ask and expect everyone to rpect the cisns of our urt, " he said durg his meetg wh members of the Lbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (Legabibo). The lg, hailed as "historic" ternatnally, was eagerly awaed across Ai, where homosexualy remas illegal more than half of sub-Saharan untri.

BOTSWANA APPEALS LG ALLOWG GAY SEX, URT LAYS JUDGMENT

Botswana's gay cizens have long lived "nstant fear of beg disvered or arrted, " Jtice Ian Kirby said November. Botswana is one of the few Ain untri to have crimalized homosexualy. South Ai is the only Ain untry that allows gay marriage, legalized 2006.

Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) travel to Botswana. " or "Is Botswana gay-iendly?

Although there rema some laws agast homosexualy, the are rarely enforced for Botswana cizens and we aren’t aware of them ever havg been applied to tourists on holiday.

BOTSWANA SCRAPS GAY SEX LAWS BIG VICTORY FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS AI

In 2012, an amendment to the Employment Act prohibed termatn of an employment ntract on the grounds of sexual orientatn (or HIV stat) 2014, Botswana’s first gay rights group (LEGABIBO) fally won legal regnn. Most recently, 2019, stck down lonial-era laws banng homosexualy, makg one of the few Ain untri to have such protectns for LGBT people.

Th, as many other Ain untri, non-straight sexual inti (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) are nsired a taboo subject by many Botswana cizens. So we advise all our travellers, gay or straight, to avoid overt displays of affectn or sexual behavur, as the uld e offence.