Botswana High Court Declares Sodomy Law Unconstitutional

The High Court of Botswana ruled on June 11 that three provisions of the country’s Penal Code that collectively make soliciting or participating in gay sex a crime violate several provisions of the Constitution.  The 2.4-million person republic, a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, is centrally situated north of the border with South Africa.  Formerly known as the British “protectorate” of Bechuanaland, it achieved independent rule in 1965 and formally became the Republic … <Read More>