Privy Council rules in favour of gay man who challenged Trinidad's buggery laws

Jamaica Gleaner - Nov 10, 2026

LONDON, CMC – The London-based Privy Council Tuesday ruled “unanimously” in favour of Jason Jones, who challenged laws criminalising consensual same-sex relations between adults in Trinidad and Tobago. In a statement issued before the Privy Council hearing, Jones had said he was confident the country’s highest appellate court would uphold his claim, saying: “The Privy Council will never uphold a 500-year-old homophobic piece of British law that goes against the rights of the individual! Not in 2026! I’m going to win”.

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