15 Year Sentence of Gay Couple In Zambia Is Discriminatory
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 29 th November, 2019 LGBTIQ+ Sentencing in Zambia Pan Africa ILGA condemns the prosecution and sentencing of a gay couple arrested in Zambia. The arrest follows the invasion of privacy that occurred when the two parties were seen being intimate by a housekeeper. This in itself is a gross violation of privacy and by extension, an assault on the dignity of the parties. We therefore strongly implore the concerned arms of the Zambian government to challenge this homophobic and dated trajectory of their laws and the application of such laws. This is because where people's privacy has been invaded, it is clearly an assault on their fundamental rights to privacy as provided by extant laws and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights and constitutes the impairment of one's right to practice their full identity as a human being. The harsh 15 year sentence meted out to the two consenting adults has shocked the world and is a blow to...