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UN: Eastern Caribbean States Called Out Over Anti-LGBT Bias
Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis should decriminalise same-sex relations and adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today.
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High Court in Botswana Rules to Decriminalise Same-Sex Relations
Today, on 11 June 2019, a full bench of the High Court of Botswana ruled to shake remaining relics of its colonial past and to strike down section 164(a) and (c), and section 167 of the penal code which criminalise same-sex relations, or «carnal knowledge against the order of nature», and prescribe a prison sentence of up to 7 years for those found guilty. The court unanimously ruled that the provisions are discriminatory, against public interest and unconstitutional.
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Judge Strikes Down Sodomy Law in Trinidad and Tobago
Today, Judge Devindra Rampersad of the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago has ruled that Sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act are unconstitutional as applied to adult consensual acts, a motion that stands to decriminalise homosexuality in the country.