UN welcomes Angola’s repeal of anti-gay law, and ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation

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In a move to embrace equality, Angola has decriminalized homosexuality and banned discrimination based on sexual orientation, in a sweeping review of its colonial era penal code, which had stood since independence from Portugal in 1975.

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January 25, 2019 at 08:52AM
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