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Botswana Formally Removes Anti-Gay Language from Penal Code

Botswana Formally Removes Anti-Gay Language from Penal Code

Botswana’s attorney general, Dick Bayford, has formally deleted anti-gay provisions that courts struck down in earlier rulings, according to Erasing 76 Crimes. The step aligns the country’s statutes with judicial decisions decriminalizing same-sex relations.

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Botswana officially erases ban on same