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Two men jailed for being gay in a country with no sodomy laws
“If there is no law that that condemns it, I don’t understand how we could have been convicted.”
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8 countries force men to have anal exams to prove they are gay
The exams are rooted in discredited 19th century theories that homosexuals can be identified by characteristics of the anus.
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Hamas commander accused of gay sex is executed
Hamas operatives thought Israel might have blackmailed him into ratting out a Hamas top dog.
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Report: Russian authorities fail to prevent, prosecute anti-LGBT attacks
Human Rights Watch says growing numbers of LGBT people have been attacked and harassed across Russia in the lead-up and aftermath of the adoption of the 2013 anti-LGBT “propaganda” law.
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Uganda court rules against activists who said official violated their rights
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Uganda court on Wednesday ruled against a group of gay rights activists who sued a Ugandan official they say violated their rights. Justice Stephen Musota ruled against four LGBT activists who had sued the ethics and integrity minister, Simon Lokodo, for shutting down a February 2012 workshop. Musota said the workshop participants….
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Human rights groups report surge in gay rights abuses in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda — Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are reporting a surge in the rights violations of gay people in Uganda following the enactment of a severe anti-gay law.
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Human Rights Watch: Macedonia has turned ‘a blind eye’ to anti-gay attacks
Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental human rights advocacy organization, said Wednesday the Macedonia government has turned “a blind eye” to a series of anti-LGBT attacks over the past two months, and called on Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to ensure a thorough investigation of the incidents.
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Report: Cameroon most aggressive country in prosecuting suspected gays
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released Thursday.
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Four Iranian men sentenced to death by hanging for sodomy
An Iranian court has sentenced four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy.
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Kuwait: Report highlights police brutality against transgender individuals
Kuwaiti police have been torturing and sexually abusing transgender women continually since 2007, when a discriminatory law was passed which arbitrarily criminalizes “imitating the opposite sex,” Human Rights Watch said in a report released Sunday.