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, Video Bokep in a decision hailed by women's rights campaigners on Tuesday.
The judgement, Porn Sex seen by Foto Porno AFP, Video Porno said that the 2014 Porn Video legislation, Foto Telanjang 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, Video Porno which also struck down the powers of a nine-member committee tasked with enforcing the law.
The legislation criminalised any activity deemed pornographic, Foto Porno from wearing short skirts to writing risque songs, Foto Porno Foto Telanjang and Foto Porno led to increased Bokep public harassment of women who wore clothing considered too revealing.
In Video Bokep 2014, Indo Bokep Ugandan pop star Jemimah Kansiime was arrested for Video Porno performing Porn Sex in a music Video Bokep that showed her in her underwear.
Currently on trial, Foto Telanjang Foto Porno she faces up to 10 years in jail, Foto Porno although the future of the case is unclear because of the Porn Sex new ruling.
Women's rights activists welcomed the verdict, Foto Porno which followed street protests by campaigners calling for Foto Porno 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, Video Bokep one of the nine petitioners Video Bokep who challenged the law, Indo Bokep told AFP Tuesday.
The petitioners said the legislation encouraged the Porn Sex harassment and Video Porno mistreatment of women in public and Foto Porno 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 Video Porno would respond in due course.
Uganda's former minister for Indo Bokep ethics and Indo Bokep integrity, Porn Sex Simon Lokodo, Bokep was a longtime champion of the law, Porn Video threatening to close a Porn Sex prestigious private school in 2016 for Porn Video stocking copies of a British children's book which was Foto Porno deemed too sexual.
In the past, Foto Telanjang Lokodo ordered police to arrest men who have Porn Sex with prostitutes and Foto Porno described a popular local television dating show as prostitution.
Local media reported that he also confronted Proscovia Alengot Oromait, Porn Sex then Uganda's youngest MP, Foto Telanjang when she walked into parliament in a short skirt.
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