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Russia: Russia implements a Ban on Gays Serving in the Armed Forces-By Gay Today- 09/25/03-http://www.gaytoday.com/events/041803ev.asp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> The Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military (CSSMM), a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara, released a new data analysis following a BBC report that Russia has implemented a ban on gays serving in the armed forces. The data analysis indicates that, with the exception of the U.S., countries that bar acknowledged gays and lesbians from serving in the military are much less democratic than those with non-discrimination policies.
(PDF - 529 Kb) Document Date: 25 Sep 2003 (Downloads: 138)
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Russia: Russia supplementary country conditions index from 1997 to 2005-04/02/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>
(PDF - 341 Kb) Document Date: 2 Apr 2006 (Downloads: 139)
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Russia: Russian lawmaker wants lesbianism outlawed-05/16/02-http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/russia/runews05.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>A Russian lawmaker on Tuesday proposed introducing a ban on lesbianism-weeks after another official called for reinstating the Soviet-era ban on male homosexuality. Alexei Mitrofanov, a nationalist member of the lower house of parliament, told reporters that he and other lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make lesbian relations a criminal offense.<br>Mitrofanov said the measure would help solve the problem of Russia?s rapidly declining population.?If a woman doesn?t observe moral, ethical norms, then there were will be no growth in the birth rate?, he said.
(PDF - 186 Kb) Document Date: 16 May 2002 (Downloads: 127)
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Russia: Russian Politicians Demand Jail All males Making Love-By Gay Today-09/25/03-http://www.gaytoday.com/garchive/world/043002wo.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Moscow, Russia--A group of Russian parliamentarians are asking the State Duma (the lower chamber of the Russian parliament) to accept a draft law criminalizing same-sex relations between consenting adult males.<br>"The unnatural satisfaction of sexual desire of one male with another male", as they defined the proposed crime, shall be punishable with 1 to 5 years in jail.
(PDF - 235 Kb) Document Date: 25 Sep 2003 (Downloads: 147)
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Russia: Russian prosecutors decline to take action against homophobic governor-By Staff writer Pinknews-07/28/08-http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8511.html/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>Following a scandal that led to the arrest of the mayor of Tambov, 480km south east of Moscow, the region's Governor made a series of homophobic statements, including one that seemed to call for violence against gays.<br>Interfax news agency has reported that state prosecutors have decided against bringing charges as there is "nothing criminal" about his comments.<br>They also concluded that homosexuals are not members of a particular social group against whom hatred can be incited.<br>A spokesperson for the Tambov prosecution department said "all interested parties were informed about the results of the investigation, there have not been any complaints yet."<br>Mayor Maxim Kosenkov was arrested in April and removed from office after he allegedly kidnapped his 19-year-old former lover.
(PDF - 426 Kb) Document Date: 28 Jul 2008 (Downloads: 149)
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Russia: The Russian Federation 2008 Hate Crime Survey- By Human Rights First-12/30/08-http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/discrimination/pages.aspx?id=157 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Hate crime continues to rise in many parts of Europe and North America according to our 2008 Hate Crime Survey, a second annual report examining bias-driven violence in 2007 and 2008.<br>The 2008 Hate Crime Survey includes sections examining six facets of violent hate crime in the 56 countries that comprise the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Survey also examines government responses to violent hate crimes in sections on Systems of Monitoring and Reporting and The Framework of Criminal Law and includes a Ten-Point Plan for governments to strengthen their responses. The Survey also takes an in-depth look at the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the United States and contains a Country Panorama section that profiles individual hate crime cases from more than 30 countries within the OSCE.
(PDF - 314 Kb) Document Date: 30 Dec 2008 (Downloads: 146)
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TERROR CAMPAIGN AGAINST LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER IRAQIS CONTINUES UNCHECKED BY IRAQI GOVERNMENT- by iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com on 11/15/09: http://iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com/2009/11/terror-campaign-against-lesbian-gay.html?spref=fb (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"On the 2nd of September, the body of 21-year-old student Mizher Hussien was discovered in Al Najaf, a city south of Baghdad. His head and genitals had been severed, and he had the word ?pervert? written in black across his chest. The details of his murder are unknown, and Iraqi police have refused to launch an investigation into the cause or motivation of the crime." <br><br>
On the 18th of September in Al Shatra Amara, two bodies were found exhibiting signs of torture. They had both been decapitated and left with a paper stating, "This is the end of all pervert homosexuals".
(PDF - 247 Kb) Document Date: 15 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 208)
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TERROR CAMPAIGN AGAINST LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER IRAQIS CONTINUES UNCHECKED BY IRAQI GOVERNMENT- by iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com on 11/15/09: http://iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com/2009/11/terror-campaign-against-lesbian-gay.html?spref=fb (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"On the 2nd of September, the body of 21-year-old student Mizher Hussien was discovered in Al Najaf, a city south of Baghdad. His head and genitals had been severed, and he had the word ?pervert? written in black across his chest. The details of his murder are unknown, and Iraqi police have refused to launch an investigation into the cause or motivation of the crime." <br><br>
On the 18th of September in Al Shatra Amara, two bodies were found exhibiting signs of torture. They had both been decapitated and left with a paper stating, "This is the end of all pervert homosexuals".
(PDF - 154 Kb) Document Date: 15 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 138)
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Biggest Pride parade so far dazzles Hong Kong - by Chen Lizhi, chinaworker.info on 11/02/09: http://chinaworker.info/en/content/news/884/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The parade drew participants from mainland Chinese regions including Beijing, Guangzhou, Guizhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Sichuan, as well as from Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore. The participation from mainland China was very significant as Amnesty International in Hong Kong pointed out: ?In mainland China, it?s impossible to have a gay-pride march, so this is a very important day that has attracted many people to Hong Kong."
(PDF - 1,281 Kb) Document Date: 2 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 225)
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Colombia: Denuncian graves violaciones contra los DD.HH. a comunidad LGBT - Grave Human Rights violations against LGBT community are denounced- www.caracol.com.co on 08/20/09:http://www.caracol.com.co/nota.aspx?id=864733 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"El Personero de Medellín, Jairo Herrán Vargas, denunció graves violaciones a los derechos humanos contra la población de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transgeneristas en esta ciudad, en los últimos dos años, donde han sido asesinadas 49 personas presuntamente por Homofobia. <br><br>
Dijo el jefe de la Agencia del Ministerio Público que en ese mismo periodo se han recibido 38 denuncias por abuso policial y otras por frecuentes acciones de actores ilegales que van desde anuncios de limpieza social hasta intimidaciones, explotación y golpizas."<br><br>
"A government representative from Medellin, Jairo Herrán Vargas, denounced grave human rights violations against the LGBT population in this city during the last two years, where there have been 49 murders of people presumably due to homophobia.<br><br>
The chief of the Department of Public Prosecution said that in this same period they have received 38 complaints for police abuse and others for frequent actions of illegal actors which range from announcements of social cleansing to intimidation, exploitation and beatings."
(PDF - 51 Kb) Document Date: 20 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 229)
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Colombia: No temen al que dirán sino a la Homofobia - They are not afraid of what people will say except for Homophobia - by www.caracol.com.co on 07/31/09: http://www.caracol.com.co/nota.aspx?id=854112 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Grupos de lesbianas, Gays, travestis y transformistas no temen al que dirán cuando decidieron salirse del Closet aceptando su condición sexual, sino a la peligrosa homofobia que se viene dando en las calles, colegios y universidades de la ciudad en donde son amenazados y tratados mal." <br><br> "Wendy y Jorge Andrés Ortega quienes llevan la representación ante las autoridades locales aseguran que en Pereira puede ser unas mil personas entre hombres y mujeres que decidieron salir del closet, pero ahora son victima de la violencia a tal punto que algunos han sido amenazados de muerte mediante panfletos que circulan por las calles de Pereira."<br><br>
"Groups of lesbians, gays, transvestites and transsexuals don't fear what people will say when they decide to leave the closet, accepting their sexual condition, but they do fear the danger of homophobia which happens in the street, colleges and universities of the city where they are threatened and treated badly."<br><br>
"Wendy and Jorge Andrés Ortega, who are the representatives before the local authorities, assure that in Pereira there may be thousands of people among men and women who decided to leave the closet, but now they are victims of violence to such a point that some of them have been threatened, by means of pamphlets which circulate through the streets of Pereira, with death."
(PDF - 51 Kb) Document Date: 31 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 237)
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Kenya: Hardships Faced by Transsexual People - by Audrey Mbugua, allafrica.com, 12 November 2009: http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200911121080.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Transsexual people face an array of hardships in Kenyan society. The mundane activities of life can best be termed a matter of life or death for transsexual people. Lack of information about transsexualism is still one of the major reasons for the stigma and shame that transsexual Kenyans suffer in silence. Parents of transsexual children will normally interpret cross-gender identification among their kids as signs of homosexual inclinations. To discourage this the children end up suffering physical and verbal abuse from their parents. <br><br>
Hostility from members of the public against transsexual Kenyans continues to be the hallmark of transsexual people's lives. These can take the form of name-calling, physical assaults, rape and the destruction of one's property. The excuse Kenyans give to justify such hostility is that transsexualism is un-African and un-Christian and so must be discouraged within Kenyan society. It is often too sad because people have come to accept such lame excuses to commit crimes. Religious and cultural fundamentalism plays a big role in promoting and condoning these dehumanising acts."
(PDF - 137 Kb) Document Date: 12 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 147)
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Uganda: Museveni warns against homosexuality- by Emmanuel Gyezaho on Monitor.co.ug on 11/16/09: http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Museveni_warns_against_homosexuality_94665.shtml (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The President's comments follow efforts by lawmaker David Bahati (NRM, Ndorwa West) who moved a private members Bill last month?The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, to outlaw homosexuality in the country.
Included in the draft text are not only condemnations of same-sex relations, but a new crime that carries the death penalty, and a criminal sentence for having sex while HIV positive."
(PDF - 74 Kb) Document Date: 16 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 250)
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Sri Lankan Gay man granted Asylum in the US - by EQUAL GROUND, Sri Lanka on 11/13/09: http://www.equal-ground.org/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"EQUAL GROUND sincerely hopes that there will come a time when wonderful people such as Sam don?t have to flee this country because of the way they are treated here for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. We hope in time, the laws will change and people are more accepting."
(PDF - 52 Kb) Document Date: 13 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 248)
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Colombia: Denuncian desapariciones y asesinatos contra gays - Disappearances and murders of gays are denounced - by Anodis.com 0n 09/10/09: http://anodis.com/nota/14639.asp# (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"En entrevista con Anodis denunció, por ejemplo, que activistas LGBT del país han sido amenazados, como en su propio caso, pero también ha habido desaparecidos y asesinados, lo que da cuenta de "la gravedad de la situación de los derechos humanos para la población homosexual, bi y trans en Colombia."<br><br>
"In an interview with Anodis, he reported, for example, that LGBT activists from the country have been threatened, as in his own case, but there have also been disappearances and murders, which accounts for "the seriousness of the situation of the human rights for the homosexual, bi and trans populations in Colombia."
(PDF - 76 Kb) Document Date: 10 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 227)
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Mexico: 30% de hombres tienen sexo con hombres; 10% de población, lésbico-gay- 30% of men have sex with men; 10% of the population , lesbian or gay/ by Norma Trujillo Báez, www.e-consulta.com, 10/11/09: http://www.e-consulta.com/veracruz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3339&Itemid=28# (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"En el distrito hay zonas muy tolerantes y cada vez se extienden más, es muy común ver a parejas de hombres y de mujeres manifestándose afecto en los lugares públicos, sin embargo, siempre siguen siendo lugares públicos muy acotados, si se sale uno de esas áreas ganadas en la ciudad como la colonia Condesa, la Zona Rosa, en la Delegación Cuauhtémoc, sí se corre el riesgo de sufrir violencia, agresiones."
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"In the Federal District there are very tolerant areas and they continue grow even more, it is common to see couples of men and women showing their affection in public places, however, there continue to be very enclosed public places, if one leaves one of these "won-over" areas in the city, like the Condesa neighborhood, the Zona Rosa, in the Cuauhtemos Delegation, one definitely runs the risk of suffering violence, aggression."
(PDF - 437 Kb) Document Date: 11 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 155)
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Mexico: DF, sin registro de crímenes contra homosexuales: PGJDF - Mexico City, D.F. (Federal District), without registry for crimes against homosexuals: PGJDF [Distrtict Atty's Office]- By Apineda, eleconomista.com.mx on 10/11/09: http://eleconomista.com.mx/notas-online/df/2009/10/11/df-sin-registro-crimenes-contra-homosexuales-pgjdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"En las investigaciones realizadas por la Fiscalía para Homicidios respecto de los crímenes en donde la víctima es homosexual, no se ha determinado que el probable responsable se haya conducido con un marcado desprecio hacia su víctima por cuestiones de género." <br><br> "Sin embargo el especialista consideró que la ciudad de México aún se encuentra lejos de poder realizar una investigación de este tipo, sobre todo porque existen áreas en la procuración de justicia que no permiten modificaciones sustanciales."<br><br>
"In the investigations done by the District Attorney's Office for Homicides in respect to the crimes where the victim is homosexual, it has not been determined that the probable person responsible has behaved with a marked contempt towards his victim due to questions of gender."<br><br>
"Nevertheless, the specialist considered that Mexico City still finds itself far from being able to carry out an investigation of this type, above all because there exist areas in the procurement of justice which do not permit substantial modifications."
(PDF - 83 Kb) Document Date: 11 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 240)
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Mexico: Reporta ONG 15 asesinatos por homofobia en 2009 en el estado- NGO reports 15 murders due to homophobia in the state in 2009- by www.lajornadaguerrero.com.mx, 10/13/09: http://www.lajornadaguerrero.com.mx/2009/10/13/index.php?section=sociedad&article=005n1soc (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Dio a conocer que cinco de los 15 crímenes de odio y de exterminio que se han suscitado contra homosexuales en lo que va del año han sido en Acapulco, y en todos los casos ninguno ha quedado resuelto, por tanto el mismo estado ha permitido la especulación, y alega que se trata de crímenes pasionales, ?siempre es una justificación para cerrar los casos y no investigar los hechos para saber que no se trataron de homicidios originados por la preferencia sexual de las víctimas."<br><br>
"It was announced that five of the 15 hate and murder crimes which have taken place up to now have been in Acapulco, and none of the cases has been solved, therefore the same state has permitted the speculation, and claims that it's all about crimes of passion. It's always a justification to close cases and not investigate the facts in order to know that they were not crimes caused by the sexual preference of the victims."
(PDF - 82 Kb) Document Date: 13 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 223)
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Venezuela: Condemn Arrests of LGBT in Caracas - IGLHRC on 11/12/09; http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/globalactionalerts/1003.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The police ultimately detained 19 gay and lesbian people, more than 11 of which were minors, confiscating their IDs and cell phones, abusing them verbally referring to their sexual orientation, and beating them. Omar hid his cell phone and was able to call his colleagues and the Ombudsmen Office. Among those detained were also two men who told the police that they were heterosexual. Unlike the people identified as gay and lesbian, these men were treated respectfully and were allowed to speak by telephone with officials."
(PDF - 193 Kb) Document Date: 12 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 226)
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COLOMBIA: Homofobia armada- Armed Homophobia - by Grupo Colegas, on 11/11/09: www.colegaweb.org (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Los homosexuales están entre las mayores víctimas de la "limpieza social", una tradición colombiana de exterminio de
los indeseables, y de los "falsos positivos", como se les ha dado en llamar a las personas asesinadas por militares bajo
pretexto de pertenecer a la guerrilla, señaló Navarro, quien no concluyó su graduación en Derecho y ahora estudia gestión
social participativa."<br><br>
"Homosexuals are among the biggest victims of "social cleansing," a Colombian tradition of extermination of the undesirables, and of the "false positives" as they call the people assassinated by the military under the pretext of belonging to the guerrilla movement, said Navarro, who didn't finish his degree in Law and is now studying social participatory management."
(PDF - 23 Kb) Document Date: 11 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 145)
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