Uganda Scraps Anti-porn apos;miniskirt apos; Law

In 2014, Foto Telanjang Ugandan pop star Jemimah Kansiime was arrested for Porn Video 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 on wearing miniskirts in public, in a decision hailed by women's rights campaigners on Tuesday.

The judgement, seen by AFP, Video Bokep said that the 2014 legislation, Indo 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, Video Porno from wearing short skirts to writing risque songs, Video Bokep and Foto Telanjang led to increased public harassment of women who wore clothing considered too revealing.

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

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

Women's rights activists welcomed the verdict, Indo Bokep which followed street protests by campaigners calling for Porn Video 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 Video 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 Porno would respond in due course.

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

In the past, Porn Video 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, Video Bokep then Uganda's youngest MP, Video Bokep when she walked into parliament in a short skirt.


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