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Botswana to rule on scrapping anti-gay laws
AFP, Published on 10/06/2019
» GABORONE, Botswana: Botswana could decriminalise gay sex on Tuesday when its high court is due to rule in a landmark case being watched across Africa after Kenya recently upheld its own anti-homosexuality laws.
Ethiopian churches oppose gay travel company's tour plans
AFP, Published on 03/06/2019
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's religious leaders on Monday urged the government to block a US gay travel company from touring the country's ancient sites, and one group warned visiting homosexuals could face violence.
S'pore activists slam 'anti-gay' speaker
Published on 04/12/2014
» SINGAPORE — Holding placards and a rainbow flag, Singapore gay rights activists on Thursday condemned the European Union for inviting an academic accused of homophobia to speak at a human rights seminar in the city-state.
Anti-gay laws are 'wrong', British PM tells ex-colonies
AFP, Published on 18/04/2018
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday told former colonies anti-gay laws once imposed by her country "were wrong then, and they are wrong now".
AIDS experts blast countries with anti-gay laws
AFP, Published on 21/07/2014
» Campaigners at the world AIDS conference are taking aim at countries with anti-gay laws, accusing them of creating conditions that allow the spread of HIV.
Russian anti-gay laws 'mustn't affect Sochi': Rogge
AFP, Published on 18/08/2013
» Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has insisted the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi must remain open to all despite the Russian government's controversial anti-gay laws.
Australian Parliament allows same-sex marriages
Associated Press, Published on 07/12/2017
» CANBERRA, Australia: The Australian Parliament voted on Thursday to allow same-sex marriage across the nation, following a bitter and divisive debate settled by the government polling voters in a much-criticized ballot survey that strongly endorsed change.
Singapore, Vietnam ease anti-gay laws; Indonesia urged to look other way
Published on 24/08/2022
» Indonesia’s top Islamic scholars have urged Jakarta not to follow the lead of neighbouring countries in decriminalising gay sex, as many in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation continue to view same-sex relationships as deviant.
Botswana scraps anti-gay laws in landmark decision
AFP, Published on 11/06/2019
» GABORONE (BOTSWANA) - Botswana's High Court ruled Tuesday in favour of decriminalising homosexuality, handing down a landmark verdict greeted with joy by gay rights campaigners.
Botswana court hears bid to scrap anti-gay laws
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» GABORONE (BOTSWANA) - The High Court in Botswana on Thursday started hearing an application seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, in a landmark case for Africa's legal response to same-sex relationships.