Philip Lühl

Supreme Court blasts Home Affairs for inhumane behavior against gay man

Supreme Court blasts Home Affairs for inhumane behavior against gay man

Eba Kandovazu THE Supreme Court today ruled that the Home Affairs Ministry's behaviour was appalling after it declined to issue a Certificate of Identity to Mexican national Guilermo Delgado without informing him of reasons, leaving him no choice but to unexpectedly leave the country to South Africa via Botswana. Delgado, who is married to Philip Luhl, a Namibian male, says he was only informed about the ministry's decision at the Ngoma border in January 2020, when he was intending to travel to the Victoria Falls in the company of his visiting sister and companions. Although he had applied months prior,…
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Same-sex couple loses court bid

Same-sex couple loses court bid

Rose-Mary Haufiku High Court Judge, Thomas Masuku, on Monday dismissed an urgent application by same-sex couple, Philip Lühl, and Guillermo Delgado, to have their recently born twin daughters, currently in South Africa, granted emergency travel documents. In their application, Lühl, Namibian, and Delgado, Mexican, were seeking an order compelling Minister of Home Affairs, Frans Kapofi, to grant the children travel documents to travel to Namibia. The Judge argued that the court would be overreaching if it were to grant the order. In the ruling, the High Court held that the applicant ought to have filed an application for the issuance…
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