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.

London's Privy Council, the final court ⁠of appeal ​for Trinidad and ​Tobago and ​some other ⁠Commonwealth countries, ruled that ⁠the law was ​unconstitutional.

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