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Namibia: Govt oppressing LGBTQI+ like in apartheid days – Walters – News

Namibia: Govt oppressing LGBTQI+ like in apartheid days – Walters – News

Africa Links 24 with Shelleygan Petersen
Published on 2024-07-04 17:00:00

… queer community vows to take bill to court

Former ombudsman John Walters says the current government is oppressing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and other (LGBTQI+) community in the same way South Africa’s apartheid regime has oppressed people of colour in Namibia.

Walters yesterday responded to minister of home affairs, immigration, safety and security Albert Kawana tabling the marriage bill, which prohibits same-sex marriage, in the…

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