Members of the gay and lesbian community in Mauritius take part in a march for gay rights and gender equality in the town of Rose Hill June 2, 2007. REUTERS/Jean Alain Laportine/ File Photo
PORT-LOUIS (Reuters) -The Supreme Court of Mauritius has struck out a colonial-era law criminalising same-sex relations, bucking a trend elsewhere in Africa where a string of countries have passed or proposed anti-LGBT legislation.
In a ruling on two cases brought by members of the gay community in the Indian Ocean island nation, the court said section 250 of the Mauritian criminal code, which dated back to 1898 during British colonial rule, was unconstitutional.
