Same-sex consensual intimacy is still criminalized in six Caribbean countries, according to Human Rights Watch and the London-based organization Human Dignity Trust. The maximum penalties in these countries range from 10 years to life in prison.
makes “the abominable crime of buggery” punishable by imprisonment and hard labor for up to 10 years.The “Sexual Offences Act” criminalizes same-sex sexual activity between men as well as women with sentences of up to 10 years’ imprisonment.The Criminal Code criminalizes “unnatural connexion" — broadly understood as sexual intercourse between men — with sentences of up to 10 years in prison.
”, with up to two years in prison and/or a fine. “While the language is gender-neutral, only sexual acts between men are criminalized under this provision,” according to Human Dignity Trust.Life imprisonment for anyone “who commits buggery, either with a human being, or with any other living creature.”,” anyone who “attempts to commit buggery; or assaults any person to commit buggery; or being a male, indecently assaults any other male person,” could be imprisoned for up to 10 years.
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