FORBIDDEN: Institutionalizing Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians in Burundi
- Publisher:
- Human Rights Watch
- Publication Date:
- 30 July 2009
- Tags:
- Burundi, Conflict, Peace and Security, Human Rights
On April 22, 2009, the president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, signed into law a new criminal code that contains a provision making sexual relations between people of the same sex illegal for the first time in the countrys history.
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