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BANNING gay sex is unconstitutional, a regional Caribbean court has ruled.
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court said a law in Antigua and Barbuda that punishes anal sex between men with 15 years in prison with five-year sentences for “serious indecency” could not be upheld as it “offends the right to liberty, protection of the law, freedom of expression, protection of personal privacy and protection from discrimination on the basis of sex.”
“The selection of an intimate partner is a private and personal choice,” it added.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the difficulties surrounding freedom of expression
