{"id":155502,"date":"2022-07-09T09:52:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T13:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=155502"},"modified":"2022-07-09T09:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T13:52:51","slug":"cariflags-welcomes-antigua-court-ruling-that-section-of-the-sexual-offences-act-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cariflags-welcomes-antigua-court-ruling-that-section-of-the-sexual-offences-act-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"CariFLAGS welcomes Antigua court ruling that section of the Sexual Offences Act unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CariFLAGS welcomes and celebrates with the people of Antigua and Barbuda the decision of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court which ruled that Sections 12 and 15 of the 1995 Sexual Offences Act is unconstitutional.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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This judgement re-affirms the advocacy campaigns of the people of Antigua and Barbuda, and the\u00a0Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE), that such laws are discriminatory, offends the rights of liberty, bodily autonomy, freedom of expression, and privacy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe reiterate that it is time governments in the region let go of these colonial structures as they have no place in a modern, diverse, and developing Caribbean\u201d, says CariFLAGS Co-Chair, Lucien Govaard.<\/p>

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\u201cIt is time we tackle these issues as a united region, One Caribbean, where all our\u00a0<\/strong>peoples can live without fear, discrimination, harassment, or violence\u201d.<\/p>

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