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The highest judicial body in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday overturned provisions penalizing homosexuality that dated back to British colonial rule. A panel of five judges from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, based in London, ruled that a 1986 law on sexual offenses could not be used to prosecute consenting adults of the same sex engaging in private sexual relations. The judges emphasized that the law violated fundamental rights. Under the law, individuals convicted of 'sodomy' faced up to five years in prison, and those convicted of 'gross indecency' faced two years. The legal battle was led for nearly a decade by LGBT+ rights activist Jason Jones, a native of the independent state since 1962.
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