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SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for October 5, 2023 | SaltWirePORT-LOUIS - The Supreme Court of Mauritius has struck out a colonial-era law criminalising same-sex relations, bucking a trend seen elsewhere in Africa where laws cracking down on LGBT rights have been passed or proposed.
"Section 250 was not introduced in Mauritius to reflect any indigenous Mauritian values but was inherited as part of our colonial history from Britain," the court said in a ruling handed down on Wednesday. But the Supreme Court said the old law"criminalises the only natural way for the plaintiffs and other homosexual men to have sexual intercourse, whereas heterosexual men are permitted the right to have sexual intercourse in a way which is natural to them".
"UNAIDS applauds Mauritius for today’s decision, which will mean that men who have sex with men will have much easier access to the health and social services they need without fear of arrest or criminalisation," said Anne Githuku-Shongwe, a senior UNAIDS official in the region."It will save lives.
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