UN rights office condemns Singapore homosexuality ruling
By William Helbling on Nov 02, 2014 09:16 am[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday provided criticized [press release] the recent Singapore Supreme Court [official website] ruling [JURIST report] to uphold a law [text] criminalizing consensual same-sex relations between adult men. The OHCHR stated that this particular criminal law prosecuting same-sex couples "violates a host of human rights guaranteed by international law, including the right to privacy, the right to freedom from discrimination and the right to freedom from... +read more
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