WATCH: Cheers erupted at the Botswana's Court of Appeal when it upheld a 2019 ruling that decriminalized gay sex
GABORONE, Nov 29 - Botswana's Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a 2019 ruling that decriminalised gay sex, a decision hailed by gay community as establishing the southern African country as a "true democracy".
Reading the unanimous decision by five judges, Court of Appeal Judge President Ian Kirby said the criminalisation of consensual same-sex activities violated the constitutional rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons to dignity, liberty, privacy and equality. Wearing rainbow-coloured masks, members of the gay community at the court reacted with loud cheers. Some wept for joy.
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