Botswana's High Court Rules Homosexuality Is Not A Crime
"A democratic society is one that embraces tolerance, diversity and open-mindedness," Justice Michael Leburu said. Activists immediately celebrated the landmark ruling.
Botswana's high court has thrown out a colonial-era law that criminalized same-sex relations in a landmark ruling lauded by activists. People who broke the law had faced the threat of a seven-year prison sentence.
The case was brought by a young activist
