UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising gay sex

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The UK-based Privy Council overturned Trinidad and Tobago's law criminalising consensual same-sex relations between men. The ruling followed a human-rights challenge by Jason Jones, who argued the law violated constitutional protections.

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. 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. London’s Privy Council, the final court of appeal for Trinidad and Tobago, ruled...