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UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising gay sex

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London’s Privy Council overturned a law in Trinidad and Tobago that criminalized gay sex, ruling on Tuesday in favor of Jason Jones who argued that the country’s Sexual Offences Act violated his human rights. The court found the act unconstitutional for penalizing private consensual relations between adults of the same sex.
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Caribbean London Privy Council Tobago Trinidad

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London GPE · 3× Caribbean NORP · 2× Jason Jones PERSON · 2× Privy Council ORG · 2× Tobago GPE · 2× Trinidad GPE · 2× Jones PERSON · 1× Trinidad and Tobago GPE · 1×

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UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising gay sex London’s Privy Council ruled in favour of Jason Jones, who said the Caribbean nation’s Sexual Offences Act breached his human rights Trinidad and Tobago’s law criminalising consensual sexual relations between male same-sex couples was overturned by a London court on Tuesday, after a legal challenge by a gay man who said the law breached his human rights.
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UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising gay sex · assertive framing

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UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising gay sex London’s Privy Council ruled in favour of Jason Jones, who said the Caribbean nation’s Sexual Offences Act breached his human rights Trinidad and Tobago’s law criminalising consensual sexual relations between male same-sex couples was overturned by a London court on Tuesday, after a legal challenge by a gay man who said the law breached his human rights. asserted
law → overturn → rights
Jason Jones challenged the Caribbean nation’s Sexual Offences Act – which made “buggery” and “gross indecency” illegal – as breaching his fundamental rights under the country’s constitution. asserted
buggery → challenge → constitution
London’s Privy Council, the final court of appeal for Trinidad and Tobago, ruled in Jones’ favour, saying it was unconstitutional for the law to “criminalise private, consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex”. asserted
law → rule → sex
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