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(LGBT) Zambia court finds men guilty of gay relationship
A Zambian court on Friday convicted two men for homosexuality, the latest such ruling in the conservative African nation which has resisted international pressure to lift its tough anti-gay laws.
The court in the northern town of Kapiri Mposhi found Stephen Sambo, 30, and Japhet Chataba, 38, guilty of "performing unnatural acts".
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People convicted of same-sex relations in Zambia face jail sentences of up to 14 years.
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