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Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Barbados scraps law that made gay sex illegal which carried colonial-era life sentence

Barbados has become the latest country to legalise same-sex relations, ending colonial-era life sentences for anyone caught.

In a landmark judgement, the Barbados High Court issued a ruling that decriminalised consensual gay sex.

It became the third Caribbean nation this year to make similar reforms.

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