In setback to Africa’s gay-rights activists, a Kenyan court rules a colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex isn’t discriminatory
A three-judge panel of the country’s High Court ruled that the law, which imposes a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment for consensual same-sex sex between adults, didn’t violate a constitutional ban on discrimination.
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