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• MOZAMBIQUE CRIMALIS GAY AND LBIAN RELATNSHIPS
• MOZAMBIQUE LGBT ACTIVISTS MOVE ON TO NEXT BATTLE AFTER ANTI-GAY LAW SCRAPPED
• GAY MOZAMBIQUE

MOZAMBIQUE CRIMALIS GAY AND LBIAN RELATNSHIPS

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MOZAMBIQUE LGBT ACTIVISTS MOVE ON TO NEXT BATTLE AFTER ANTI-GAY LAW SCRAPPED

Image source, AFPImage ptn, Rights activists have mpaigned across Ai for greater regnn for same-sex relatnshipsMozambique has crimalised homosexualy s new penal , makg one of a few Ain untri where same-sex relatnships are revised , force om Wednday, drops a lonial-era clse outlawg "vic agast nature" were no prosecutns unr that clse but rights activists have said this change is a symbolic as other Ain untri have moved to tighten anti-gay Nigeria, a law that me to force last year banned same-sex public displays of affectn and troduced a possible 14-year prison sentence for gay sex.

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A study released on Tuday found that 87% of Nigerians supported a ban on same-sex Uganda, the ernment has pledged to troduce a new rtrictive law after the last law which crimalised homosexualy was succsfully challenged the nstutnal source, AFPImage ptn, Activists hope that the change Mozambique uld have an impact on other untriAnalysis: Milton Nkosi, BBC NewsMozambique's move to crimalise homosexualy looks step wh recent chang elsewhere, such as Ireland and the Mozambique is also followg the lik of neighbourg South Ai, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast and others, where is not a crime to be gay. The change then is a small step forward for Ai's lbian and gay many plac, whether homosexualy is legal or not, the real qutn is about ordary people's attus to gay people, which n still be hostile.

"I am sure that Ain untri will look at their old laws and see that this is an important step to guarantee that society is ee and equal, " Danilo Da Silva, head of the Mozambin gay rights group Lambda, told the BBC. Historilly Mozambique has seen ltle vlence towards gay and lbian people, BBC Mozambique analyst Zenaida Machado, she adds, same-sex relatnships are still a divisive subject a untry where most people are eher relig Christians or people may be relaxed about homosexualy, many see promotg gay rights as an attack on cultural and relig practic, she on this storyRelated Inter LksThe BBC is not rponsible for the ntent of external s.

When Mozambique’s human rights rerd was reviewed before the Uned Natns Human Rights Council Geneva this week, the ernment’s nsistency on homosexualy was full view.

Havg taken the cisn to crimalize homosexualy the ernment should now end the unjtified terference wh the right to eedom of associatn for LGBT people.