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Last edited: March 07, 2006
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Namibia
- Statute: Unnatural Sex Crime, based on South African
common law
- Penalty:
- Restrictions: May not apply to lesbians
It is not clear whether lesbian acts are an offence. The Pink Book states that the laws against homosexuality were introduced under South African rule in the Criminal Act, "in which homosexual acts are described as "unnatural sex crimes". The equivalent South African law does not appear to have criminalised lesbian sex acts. However in his chapter in "Socio-legal control of homosexuality" on Zimbabwe Oliver Philips implies that the equivalent law for that country (also derived from South African law) in theory made lesbian sex acts illegal, although there was no record of any prosecutions).
News
- Jail
Condoms Draw Fire in U.S., Namibia - Gay.com,
January 9, 2006
- Politicians Accused of Failing Gay Community
- The Namibian, May
20, 2003
- Namibians March to Defend Gay, Other Minority
Rights - Reuters, April 28, 2001
- Church Defends Gay Rights - IRIN,
April 11, 2001
- Protests Against Attacks on Namibian Gays - IRIN,
April 6, 2001
- Homosexuals ‘To Be Barred From Entering Namibia’
- The Namibian, April 6, 2001
- Namibian President Keeps Up Attacks - The Advocate, April
6, 2001
- Namibian President in Gay Attack - Ananova, April 4,
2001
- Namibian Leader Attacks Gays Again - Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network,
April 3,
2001
- Namibian President Orders Gay Purge - Electronic
Telegraph, March
22, 2001
- Gay Rights Challenge to Nujoma - Daily Dispatch, March 22,
2001
- Namibian Gay Rights Groups Challenge Nujoma -
BBC News,
March 21, 2001
- Gay Debate Causes Stir In Namibia’s National Assembly -
The Advocate,
November 2, 2000
- Gay-Bashers Run Riot in Parliament - The Namibian,
November 1, 2000
- Namibian Rights Woes Continue - PlanetOut News, October 12, 2000
- Namibian Call to "Eliminate" Gays -
PlanetOut News,
October 2, 2000
- Minister Tells Police to ‘Eliminate’ Gays -
Johannesburg Daily Mail &
Guardian, October
2, 2000
- New Call for Anti-Gay Law - The Namibian, April 21, 1999
- Namibian PM Says No Plan For Anti-Homosexual Law -
Reuters, November
17, 1998
- Plans For Anti-Gay Legislation - New York Times, November 10, 1998
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