Debevoise & Plimpton partner and former U.K. Attorney General Lord Goldsmith QC has agreed to represent, on a pro bono basis, a gay couple seeking to overturn Singapore's ban on male homosexual sex. Singapore and Malaysia are the only two major economies in Asia where homosexuality remains illegal.
July 12, 2013 at 05:56 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Debevoise & Plimpton partner and former U.K. attorney general Lord Goldsmith QC has agreed to represent, on a pro bono basis, a gay couple seeking to overturn Singapore’s ban on male homosexual sex.
Section 377A of Singapore’s penal code criminalizes sexual conduct between men. Though the government has said it will not actively enforce the law, activists have argued that that provides inadequate protection to Singapore gays.
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