In an apparent U-turn on plans to crimalize homosexualy, lawmakers om the South Pacific Cook Islands are phg to reta a law that uld jail men for gay sex a blow to LGBT+ rights groups.
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U-TURN? COOK ISLANDS SET TO RETA GAY SEX BAN
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KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - In an apparent U-turn on plans to crimalize homosexualy, lawmakers om the South Pacific Cook Islands are phg to reta a law that uld jail men for gay sex a blow to LGBT+ rights self-erng natn of 15 islands wh a largely Christian populatn of about 17, 000 people has been batg whether to scrap a law which, spe never havg been enforced, would impose a sentence of up to seven years. Legislatn drafted 2017 appeared to remove referenc to the gay sex ban but a lawmaker reformg the untry’s five--old penal said last week that homosexualy would rema illegal, acrdg to lol media.
“There were provisns (on homosexualy) removed om the draft bill and people said they have got some ncerns about , ” Tgika Elikana told Cook Islands News. “If you remove those provisns, then you more or ls enurage (homosexualy) to be the open.
Myanmar, Malaysia, Sgapore and Bnei ban sexual relatnships between men, and Indonia has seen an crease raids targetg LGBT+ people recent groups said the Cook Islands was jog untri such as Bnei rollg back gay rights. AdvertisementIt is still illegal to be gay the Cook Islands 2020. As the discsn of an eventual travel bubble between the Cook Islands and New Zealand creas, same-sex attracted tourists and human rights advot exprs ncerns that homosexualy the self-erng island natn is still illegal.
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The petn highlights that the 1969 law banng gay sex is a reflectn of nservative attus om the time of Cook Island’s lonisatn. The petn will be prented to Cook Island policians, who only last year upheld the natn’s ban on homosexualy. In addn to upholdg the statue makg gay sex between nsentg adult mal illegal, the ban was extend to also ver women.