Uganda scraps controversial anti-pornography ‘miniskirt’ law

Uganda scraps controversial anti-pornography ‘miniskirt’ law

Constitutional court throws out anti-porn law whose provisions included a ban on wearing miniskirts in public.

Uganda scraps anti-porn 'miniskirt' law

Women's rights campaigners hailed the court's decision.

Uganda scraps anti-porn ‘miniskirt’ law

Kampala (AFP), Aug 18- 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, said that the 2014 legislation, 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 Ant…