Severe shortages of essential medicines led to a public health emergency. New laws threatened to expand the authorities’ power to regulate online services and usage. The rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly were restricted. Gender-based violence remained widespread, while marital rape was not outlawed. Botswana retained the death penalty.
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