LGBTQ advocates struggle for visibility in Eswatini

FILE - People take part in Eswatini's first gay pride demonstration in Mbabane, June 30, 2018. Human rights lawyer Sibusiso Nhlabatsi says the harsh legal environment for LGBTQ people in the kingdom causes significant problems for them.

Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities, an LGBTQ advocacy group, was denied registration by authorities in 2019, and even after seeking relief from the Supreme Court, which had ruled the group must be registered, its efforts have been unsuccessful.