Singapore To Uphold Anti-Gay Laws Making Homosexuality Illegal
Singapore’s High Court has ruled to uphold the criminalisation of homosexuality, not overturning an anti-gay colonial law instated in 1938, under British law.
As ‘Forbes’ reports, the law bans men from any act of gross indecency with another man. It is punishable with up to two years in prison.
“In declining to strike out this archaic and discriminatory law, the Court has reaffirmed that all gay men in Singapore are effectively un-apprehended criminals,” says Téa Braun, director of the Human Dignity Trust (HDT).
She went on to say that “This decision will be extremely disappointing for the plaintiffs and the wider LGBT community in Singapore, who had great hopes that new evidence presented to the Court would make it clear that these draconian laws cannot withstand proper constitutional scrutiny.
“The ruling will also echo harmfully around Asia, where millions of people are criminalised simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”
Possibility of cancelation of the annual Pink Dot festival because of the coronavirus pandemic might make this news even harder amongst the local LGBT+ community.
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