The navy junta Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso has authorised a revised household code that criminalizes homosexuality.
This determination makes Burkina Faso one of many 22 out of 54 African nations that don’t permit same-sex relationships, with extreme penalties similar to loss of life or lengthy jail sentences in some areas.
The council authorised a decree for a brand new Private and Household Code (CPF) that “enshrines the ban on homosexuality” within the nation, the presidency introduced in a press release.
“Any further, homosexuality and associated practices are prohibited and punishable by legislation,” emphasised the Minister of Justice, Edasso Rodrigue Bayala.
Though the precise penalties weren’t outlined, and the textual content is but to be authorised by the deputies of the Transitional Legislative Meeting,
Burkina Faso might now joins the ranks of Uganda that enacted one of many harshest anti-LGBTQ legal guidelines globally in Might of final yr.
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