AN Australian tourist jailed in Fiji on gay sex charges will seek to have his conviction quashed tomorrow on fresh grounds.
Victorian Thomas McCosker and a Fiji man were given two-year jail sentences...a verdict denounced by human rights groups.
Both are free on appeal.
McCosker and Dhirendra Nadan were jailed on charges of committing an unnatural act and indecent practice between males, which carry a prison sentence of up to 14 years under Fiji law.
The Australian Government has protested to Fiji over police not giving him consular access immediately after his arrest.
Fiji's Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and other leaders in the conservative Christian nation have defended the country's laws, saying homosexuality is a sin according to the Bible.
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Posted by Cieciel at April 29, 2005 10:12 AM