UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising homosexual sex
UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising homosexual sex

‌Trinidad and Tobago's ‌law criminalising consensual sexual ​relations between male same-sex couples has been overturned ‌by a ​UK court.

It comes after a legal challenge ​by ⁠a ⁠gay man who said ‌the Caribbean nation's laws breached his ‌human rights.

Jason Jones, who was born in ⁠Trinidad and Tobago, challenged the nation's ​Sexual Offences Act as breaching his fundamental ​rights under the country's constitution.

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