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activities and host workshops to discuss issues affecting the LGBT community in
Botswana. In 2005, LEGABIBO applied for registration, its first attempt to force the government to make a decision on its position and interpretation of the law concerning the registration of LGBT NGOs. After two years, the application was refused. In 2012, the organization re-applied for registration with the Botswana's Civil and National Registration department but was denied registration on the basis that the
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Botswana because government officials felt practice of same-sex relationships violates section 164 of the penal code and others felt registration of a gay rights organization will create disorder in the society.
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