SINGAPORE’S highest court was urged to strike down the law that criminalises sex between men – or at least modify it so that it does not apply to private acts between consenting adults.
The Court of Appeal is hearing the appeals over two separate constitutional challenges against Section 377A of the Penal Code, which carries up to a two-year jail term for men who, in public or private, commit acts of “gross indecency” with other men.
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