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A UK court has overturned laws criminalising same-sex intimacy in Trinidad and Tobago. The ruling by London's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council follows an 11-year legal battle brought by activist Jason Jones. Jones first won his challenge in Trinidad's High Court in 2018, but that decision was later overturned on appeal by the Trinidadian government. On Tuesday, judges said the laws were not in keeping with the "fundamental individual right to respect for private and family life". Before this ruling, Trinidad and Tobago was one of around 34 Commonwealth countries that still criminalised same-sex intimacy under colonial-era British laws. Tap the link in @BBCNews's bio to read more. (📸 Getty, Jason Jones) #Trinidad #LGBT #BBCNews

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