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Thomas McCosker, an Australia, visited Fiji, was arrested, tried and sentenced to 2 years jail for sodomy. An appeal was raised on the basis of Fiji's constitution outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. On Friday August 26, 2005, his conviction, and that of Dhirendra Nadan, the other man involved, was overturned on constitutional grounds.
Thomas told Melbourne newspaper The Age "I would have liked the Australian Government to have taken more interest in my case". The Australian government has offered the usual consular assistance, but have not condemned the sentence. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both condemned the conviction.
See also
External links
- Fiji court overturns Australian's sodomy conviction ABC news (26 August, 2005)
- Little help, no protest for Victorian jailed in Fiji The Age (20 August, 2005)
- Australian home after Fiji gay sex conviction overturned The Sydney Morning Herald (28 August, 2005)