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CariFLAGS welcomes ruling by court in St. Lucia

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 29, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Forum for Liberation and Acceptance of Genders and Sexualities (CariFLAGS) Tuesday said it welcomes a ruling by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ESCS) that has declared that sections 132 and 133 of the Criminal Code criminalising buggery and gross indecency are inconsistent with various Constitutional rights protected under the Bill of Rights of the St. Lucia Constitution.

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