The Jamaican man who brought a legal challenge to the country’s buggery law in the Supreme Court has discontinued his case.
A statement this afternoon from the gay rights lobby group, J-FLAG, says Javed Jaghai has ended what was set to be a landmark case, following threats of violence.
According to J-FLAG, Mr. Jaghai maintains that the country’s buggery law violates his and others’ constitutional rights.
The country’s buggery law criminalises gay sex.
In a signed affidavit, Mr Jaghai attributes his decision to personal threats and the burden that the case was putting on his family.
He says though the cause and the case are noble, he’s no longer willing to gamble with his life or the lives of his parents and siblings.
J-FLAG, which had brought the claim alongside Mr Jaghai, says it understands his situation and fully supports his decision.
It’s Executive Director, Dane Lewis, says a law criminalising what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their own home, has no place in a free society that values and protects all its citizens.
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