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Kenya: Homosexuality Remains Illegal in Kenya As Court Rejects LGBT Petition
The Conversation Africa, 24 May 2019
Kenya's Penal Code, which criminalises same-sex activity, will remain in-tact following a High Court ruling which rejected a petition calling for the decriminalisation of… Read more »
Gay Sex Law Upheld by Kenya's High Court
The judges have declined to decriminalise same-sex relationships, despite it sparking "harassment, arbitrary arrest, evictions, limitations in freedoms of association, limitations in access to social services like health and all forms of violence including sexual abuse".
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On May 24, 2019, Kenya may be the first East African country to decriminalize homosexuality if petitioners win a court challenge of the colonial-era law. Read more »
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A majority decision of the Court of Appeal has held that human beings should not be denied their fundamental rights because of how they choose to live their lives, while ... 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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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 »
