Uganda Scraps Anti-porn apos;miniskirt apos; Law
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Uganda's constitutional court has scrapped a controversial anti-pornography law whose provisions included a ban on wearing miniskirts in public, Foto Telanjang Video Bokep in a decision hailed by women's rights campaigners on Tuesday.
The judgement, Porn Sex seen by AFP, Foto Porno said that the 2014 legislation, Video Bokep which had been dubbed the "anti-miniskirt law," was "inconsistent with or in contravention of the constitution of the republic of Uganda."
"Sections... of the Anti-Pornography Act are hereby declared null and void," Justice Frederick Egonda-Ntende said in Monday's ruling, Porn Sex which also struck down the powers of a nine-member committee tasked with enforcing the law.
The legislation criminalised any activity deemed Porn Video pornographic, Video Bokep from wearing short skirts to Porn Video writing risque Porn Sex songs, Indo Bokep and Foto Porno led to increased public harassment of women who wore clothing considered too revealing.
In 2014, Indo Bokep Ugandan pop star Jemimah Kansiime was arrested for Foto Porno performing in a music Video Bokep that showed her in her underwear.
Currently on trial, Video Bokep she faces up to 10 years in jail, Foto Porno although Video Porno the future of the case is unclear because of the new ruling.
Women's Bokep rights activists Bokep welcomed the verdict, Foto Telanjang which followed street protests by campaigners calling for Indo Bokep the legislation to be dropped.
"This has been a bitter struggle and we are grateful (that) those who believe in the rights of women have emerged victors," Lillian Drabo, Porn Video one of the nine petitioners who challenged the law, Video Porno told AFP Tuesday.
The petitioners said the legislation encouraged the harassment and Porn Sex mistreatment of women in public and Indo Bokep denied them control over their bodies as well as access to public spaces.
The government's lead counsel Imelda Adong told AFP they were "studying the ruling" and Foto Telanjang would respond in due course.
Uganda's former minister for Indo Bokep ethics and Foto Telanjang integrity, Video Porno Simon Lokodo, Bokep was a longtime champion of the law, Foto Telanjang threatening to close a prestigious private school in 2016 for Porn Sex stocking copies of a British children's book which was deemed too sexual.
In the past, Video Porno Lokodo ordered police to arrest men Foto Porno who have Porn Sex with prostitutes and Foto Telanjang described a popular local television dating show as prostitution.
Local media reported that he also confronted Proscovia Alengot Oromait, Video Bokep then Uganda's youngest MP, Bokep Porn Sex when she walked into parliament in a short skirt.
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