The president of Zambia has pardoned a gay couple who was sentenced to 15 years in prison under the country’s colonial-era sodomy law.
Reuters reported the two men are among the upwards of 3,000 people who President Edgar Lungu pardoned on May 22 in commemoration of Africa Freedom Day, which marks the anniversary of the creation of the Organization of African Unity.
A Zambian court last fall sentenced the couple to 15 years in prison after they were convicted of “crimes against the order of