Southern Africa: SADC Pinned Over Sexual Minority Rights

21 April 2016

Windhoek — Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are coming under increasing pressure to introduce legislation to protect the rights of minority sexual groups.

This follows a call by the Aids and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) for SADC heads of legislature to promulgate laws in favour of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) citizens within the sub-regional bloc.

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