Uganda Scraps Anti-porn apos;miniskirt apos; Law

In 2014, Indo Bokep Ugandan pop star Jemimah Kansiime was arrested for Porn Sex performing in a music Video Porno that showed her in her underwear

Uganda's constitutional court has scrapped a controversial anti-pornography law whose provisions included a ban Foto Porno on wearing miniskirts in public, Indo Bokep in a decision hailed by women's rights campaigners on Tuesday.

The Indo Bokep judgement, Foto Telanjang seen by AFP, Porn Video said that the 2014 legislation, 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, Foto Porno which also struck down the powers of a nine-member committee tasked with enforcing the law.

The legislation criminalised any activity deemed pornographic, Bokep from wearing short skirts to writing risque songs, Foto Porno and Porn Video led to increased public harassment of women who wore clothing considered too revealing.

In 2014, Video Porno Ugandan pop star Jemimah Kansiime was arrested for Bokep performing in a music Video Porno that showed her in her underwear.

Currently on trial, Porn Video she faces up Foto Telanjang to 10 years in jail, Foto Telanjang although the future of the Indo Bokep case is unclear because of the new ruling.

Women's rights activists welcomed the verdict, Video Bokep which followed street protests by campaigners calling for Porn Sex 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, Foto Porno one of the nine petitioners who challenged the law, Foto Porno told AFP Tuesday.

The petitioners said the legislation encouraged the harassment and Video Bokep mistreatment of women in public and Foto Porno denied them control over their bodies as well as access to public spaces.

Indo Bokep 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 Video Bokep ethics and Indo Bokep integrity, Bokep Simon Lokodo, Foto Porno was a longtime champion of the law, Porn Video threatening to close a prestigious private school in 2016 for Video Bokep stocking copies of a British children's book which was deemed too sexual.

In the past, Bokep Lokodo ordered police to arrest men who have Porn Sex Bokep with prostitutes and Video Porno described a popular Porn Sex local television dating show as prostitution.

Local media reported that he also confronted Proscovia Alengot Oromait, Video Bokep then Uganda's youngest MP, Foto Porno when she walked into parliament in a short skirt.


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