Botswana

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  African nations seek to stop UN from policing anti-LGBT violence, discrimination

  Saturday, November 5, 2016

  African nations are seeking to initially suspend and then get rid of the first U.N. independent expert charged with investigating violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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  Listen: The anti-gay interview that got American hate pastor arrested in Africa

  Wednesday, September 21, 2016

  Botswana is not known for being accepting of LGBT people, but Baptist minister Steven Anderson proved to be too much for the African nation.

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  Botswana to deport American hate pastor banned from South Africa

  Tuesday, September 20, 2016

  Botswana's government said Anderson "has been declared a prohibited immigrant" but does not give details.

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  Botswana LGBTQ group petitions to ban anti-gay U.S. pastor

  Saturday, September 17, 2016

  LGBTQ Botswanans hope their country will follow the example of South Africa and the United Kingdom, which have already banned the anti-gay pastor.

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  Botswana LGBT rights group wins legal recognition in landmark case

  Sunday, November 16, 2014

  GABORONE, Botswana -- A judge in Botswana on Friday overturned a government ban on a gay rights lobbying group, saying refusal to recognize the group was "under the mistaken belief that the applicants intended to engage…

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