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Zambian jailed gay couple pardoned in presidential amnesty
Source: BBC
Zambian jailed gay couple pardoned in presidential amnesty
26 May 2020
Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has pardoned two men who were jailed last year for having sex with each other.
Their 15-year sentence triggered a diplomatic row, which ended in the recalling of the US ambassador.
The two men, Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba, were listed among the names of nearly 3,000 prisoners to be pardoned to mark Africa Freedom Day, which fell on Monday.
Zambia is a deeply conservative society where homosexual acts are illegal.
This was legislation inherited from the British colonial era.
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26 May 2020
Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has pardoned two men who were jailed last year for having sex with each other.
Their 15-year sentence triggered a diplomatic row, which ended in the recalling of the US ambassador.
The two men, Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba, were listed among the names of nearly 3,000 prisoners to be pardoned to mark Africa Freedom Day, which fell on Monday.
Zambia is a deeply conservative society where homosexual acts are illegal.
This was legislation inherited from the British colonial era.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52807727