Day: July 10, 2019

Botswana’s Government has announced its plans to overturn a groundbreaking ruling by the nation’s High Court that saw the decriminalisation of homosexuality. The historic ruling by the High Court found that Sections 164 and 167 of Botswana’s Penal Code, (which gave a seven-year prison sentence to those found guilty of “carnal knowledge of any person against the […]

History has been made in Japan following the nation granting a refugee asylum on the grounds of sexual orientation for the first time. According to Japan’s Immigration Services Agency, the anonymous person had served two years in jail in their home country for consensual same-sex activity and was released on bail prior to travelling to […]