Gay rights in Fiji

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In 1997, Fiji became the second country in the world to explicitly protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation in its constitution.

In 2005, Australian tourist Thomas McCosker had sex with Dhirendra Nadan and was sentenced to 2 years jail for sodomy. Their convictions were overturned on August 26, 2005 on constitutional grounds.

In 2006, the Fijian High Commissioner in New Zealand confirmed that there is now a policy to not arrest gay men for consensual gay sex. [1]

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