Hong Kong public gay sex ban ruling [HK CFA]

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Hong Kong public gay sex ban ruling [HK CFA]

July 17, 2007 11:23:00 am

Secretary for Justice v. Yau Yuk Lung Zigo and Lee Kam Chuen, Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, July 17, 2007 [upholding a 2006 lower court ruling invalidating a law that specifically targeted public homosexual sodomy because the law's specific focus is unconstitutional and discriminatory]. Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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