Current Version
Region | Cuba |
Issue | Homosexual activity |
Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
Start Date | past |
End Date | 1979 |
Description | Article 303 prohibits homosexual behaviours (punishable by 3 months in prison and/or financial fines) |
Sources | http://ruleoflawandcuba.fsu.edu/law-penal-code.cfm |
Revision History (2)
Revision by Rojtavs. Fixed statue
Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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Start Date | Apr 30, 1988 | (NONE) |
End Date | Jun 17, 1997 | 1979 |
Revision by vviet93
Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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End Date | (NONE) | Jun 17, 1997 |
Reports (5)
- Newer law has been passed "Fake news of right wing American politics from an university website war on socialism "
- Date is incorrect "homosexuality was decriminalized in 1979"
- Sources are invalid or broken
- Date is incorrect "Decriminalized in 1979"
- Status is not correct "The Cuban Penal Code was amended in 1997 so that is no longer applies specifically to same-sex sexual acts or homosexuality."