The agency also reported that the Angolan government had created new sets of laws that ban discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation. Individuals who refuse people employment or services because of their sexual orientation could spend up to two years in jail under the new law, CNN reported.[Read More…]
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Section 377 verdict: Timeline of legal battle
The following is a timeline of the LGBTIQ community’s fight against the colonial era law criminalising homosexuality: 1991: AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA) is first to raise its voice against Section 377 of IPC. The NGO comes out with a report about ostracism faced by the LGBTIQ community. 1994: ABVA[Read More…]