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Odoreida

(1,549 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2019, 02:02 PM Dec 2019

U.S. ambassador 'horrified' by Zambia sentence for gay couple (NBC)

U.S. ambassador 'horrified' by Zambia sentence for gay couple
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/u-s-ambassador-horrified-zambia-sentence-gay-couple-n1094086

LUSAKA, Zambia — The United States ambassador to Zambia says local government officials have condemned him for saying he was “horrified” by the sentencing of a local gay couple to 15 years in prison.

Ambassador Daniel Foote told reporters Monday he would not be intimidated by officials in the southern African nation, where same-sex relationships are criminalized. It is a legacy of British colonial-era laws, as with several countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

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