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".
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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.
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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. 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.
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.
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Homosexualy is illegal many Ain untri, wh nvictns rryg a ath sentence some stat. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) travel to Botswana.
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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. 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.
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There is more general advice, not specific to Ai, on the FCO's LGB&T foreign travel advice Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) provis rmatn on the laws of untri worldwi, foced around a seri of summary maps. The lg jt a month after Kenya’s high urt upheld s laws crimalizg homosexualy. The se was brought to urt March by Letsweletse Motshidiemang, a 21-year-old stunt at the Universy of Botswana, who argued that society had changed and that homosexualy was more wily accepted, lol media reported.
While homophobic attus ntue to prevail parts of the untry, Botswana’s LGBTQ activists and supporters have marked some victori for the movement recent years. Tudays’ historic lg is w for LGBTQ activists and supporters a untry – and regn – where homosexualy remas largely taboo. Out of 54 Ain untri, at least 31 of them have enacted laws makg illegal to have gay sex, acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA).