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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday said his government will abide by a ruling that decriminalized consensual same-sex sexual relations in his country.<\/p>\n

Masisi said he would implement the Botswana High Court\u2019s 2019 ruling against sections of the Batswana Penal Code that criminalized homosexuality.<\/p>\n

The Batswana government appealed the High Court ruling. The Botswana Court of Appeals last November upheld it.
\nAgence France-Presse reported Masisi invited representatives of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO), a Batswana LGBTQ rights group that challenged the criminalization law with the support of the Southern Africa Litigation Center, to meet with him at his office in Gaborone, the Batswana capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe demand and expect anybody to respect the decisions of our court,\u201d Masisi told LEGABIBO members, according to Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n

Botswana remains one of only a handful of countries that have decriminalized homosexuality.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday said his government will abide by a ruling that decriminalized consensual same-sex sexual relations in his country. Masisi said he would implement the Botswana High Court\u2019s 2019 ruling against sections of the Batswana Penal Code that criminalized homosexuality. The Batswana government appealed the High Court ruling. 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