“People knew I was different, but I was surrounded by people who loved me,” he said. “I was never taught to hate myself.” In 2016, when he was 21, Motshidiemang approached a law professor at the ...

Botswana was one of 33 African countries that criminalized consensual same-sex relations. Today, HRC celebrates a monumental decision by the High Court of Botswana to overturn Sections 164(a), 164(c) ...

Botswana could decriminalise gay sex on Tuesday when its high court is due to rule in a landmark case being watched across Africa after Kenya recently upheld its own anti-homosexuality laws.

Botswana has officially removed its anti-sodomy law, closing the chapter on a colonial-era provision that criminalised same-sex intimacy. Section 164 of the country’s Penal Code had already been ruled ...

The High Court in Botswana on Thursday started hearing an application seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, in a landmark case for Africa's legal response to same-sex relationships. Botswana is ...

If passed into law, Botswana's Criminal Procedure and Evidence (Controlled Investigation) Bill will allow authorities to intercept communications and compel journalists to divulge their sources. This ...

When Botswana’s government sought to pass a new law early this year that would have allowed for warrantless surveillance, local opposition came swift. Authorities eventually introduced judicial ...