TORONTO, December 9, 2015 — Jamaican human rights activist Maurice Tomlinson has filed a claim in the Supreme Court of Judicature, challenging the constitutionality of Jamaica’s laws criminalizing consensual sex between men. The legal challenge — which will be announced at a press conference tomorrow in Kingston, Jamaica — is being supported by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and AIDS-Free World. In its arguments, the legal challenge outlines the ways in which the law violates the constitutional rights of Jamaicans.
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