Tag: botswana

Just a month after the Botswana High Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to outlaw homosexuality, the nation’s attorney general is appealing the decision, leaving the LGBTI community disappointed and calling foul. Following the ruling by the Botswana High Court which stated that provisions in the penal code outlawing homosexuality were unconstitutional, Attorney General...

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...

The nation of Botswana has taken a giant step forward in LGBTI Rights with the nations High Court finally legalising homosexuality and officially recognising the human rights of LGBTI people. The unanimous decision made by a panel of three judges found that sections 164(a), 164(c), 165, and 167, of the...