Botswana High Court hears case challenging country’s statute outlawing gay sex

On Thursday, Botswana’s High Court heard a challenge to the country’s laws criminalizing gay sex, reports Reuters. The country’s penal code outlaws “carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature,” with a conviction carrying a sentence of up to seven years in prison. The lawsuit, brought in May 2018 by a gay man […]

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