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Botswana: High Court Considers Gay Rights Challenge to Penal Code
The Conversation Africa, 18 March 2019
Botswana's High Court is considering a challenge to the provisions of the penal code criminalising consensual same-sex relations in the country. It will hand down its judgment in… Read more »
Botswana Joins List of African Countries Reviewing Gay Rights
Botswana's High Court is considering a challenge to the provisions of the penal code criminalising consensual same-sex relations in the country, offering advocates a rare chance to argue for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights on a continent where homosexuality remains highly contentious. It will hand down its judgment in June. The challenge raises similar legal issues as the one pending at the Kenya High Court, which is due for a decision in May.
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North Africa: North Africa Seen As Unsafe for LGBT People - Rights Groups
DW, 14 February 2019
The Bundesrat, Germany's upper house of parliament, is considering whether to recognize Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia as "safe countries of origin." Yet LGBT people are still… Read more »
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Kenya: What's At Stake in Kenyan Court Case On Gay Rights
The Conversation Africa, 22 February 2019
The much-awaited court ruling on a petition seeking to decriminalise homosexuality in Kenya has been delayed for at least a further two months. The petition currently before the… Read more »
InFocus
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Hopes are high ahead of a February 22 Kenya High Court ruling on whether to repeal Section 162 of the Penal Code, which criminalises gay sex. Activists say the case is a milestone ... Read more »
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Homosexuality is taboo in the East African nation and persecution of sexual minorities is rife. Under sections of Kenya's penal code, gay sex - or "carnal knowledge against the ... Read more »
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Angola has removed the notorious "vices against nature" provision in its penal code, with the law now banning discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation. ... Read more »
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Human Rights Watch reports that the Angolan parliament has adopted a new penal code, the first since it gained independence from Portugal in 1975. The new code does away with a ... Read more »
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The majority of members of parliament at the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) gathering in Geneva voted against the proposal to debate the rights of lesbians, gays, ... Read more »
