The High Court of Singapore has dismissed three challenges to its Penal Code which criminalises same-sex relations between men.
In doing so, Singapore continues to violate international human rights. Singapore has squandered the opportunity to join a wave of countries embracing decriminalisation of same-sex relations which includes Botswana, Angola, Trinidad and Tobago, and neighbouring India. Section 377A of the Penal Code is a relic of British Colonial rule, and prescribes imprisonment of up