Zambia: Court acquits two men accused of having sex ‘against the order of nature’

Headline Title: Zambia: Court acquits two men accused of having sex ‘against the order of nature’ 03 July 2014 Today’s court decision to acquit two Zambian men accused of having consensual sex with each other because the case had not been proved beyond reasonable doubt is the right decision for the wrong reasons, Amnesty International said today. “It is appalling that these men have spent over a year in prison awaiting trial charged with something which should not be a crime,” said Simeon Mawanza, Amnesty International’s Zambia researcher. “To imprison people…

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