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Zambia: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2008 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 02/25/09 : http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/af/119031.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br>
The law prohibits "carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature," but it does not specifically outlaw homosexuality.<br><br>
The government actively discouraged discrimination against those persons with HIV/AIDS; however, there was strong societal and employment discrimination against such individuals. Government officials made announcements discouraging such discrimination but made little headway in changing entrenched attitudes."
(PDF - 130 Kb) Document Date: 25 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 276)
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Albania to legalize same-sex marriage - By Rex Wockner International News # 797 on 08/03/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha on July 29 endorsed a bill introduced
in Parliament to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
identity, and also said Albania will legalize same-sex marriage." <br><br> "Most gay Albanians are believed to be closeted, and anti-gay
discrimination is said to be widespread.
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(PDF - 45 Kb) Document Date: 3 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 278)
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Honduras: Desde aquí - From Here - by Indyra Mendoza, Red Lésbica Cattrachas - on www.pagina12.com.ar, on 07/31/09: http://www.pagina12.com.ar/imprimir/diario/suplementos/soy/1-908-2009-07-31.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Tres asesinatos:<br>
* Vicki Hernández Castillo, trans (Sonny Emelson Hernández), noche del 29 o madrugada del 30, muerta por disparo de bala, en horas de toque de queda, un tiro en el ojo. No le quisieron hacer autopsia, alegando que podría ser VIH. Dice el acta de defunción que su muerte se debió a una contusión cerebral cuando en realidad fue por un balazo.<br><br>
* Fabio Zamora, 12.30 del mediodía del 4 de julio. Ocho detonaciones dentro de un puesto en el mercado San Isidro. Tres hombres (sicarios) lo llamaron por su nombre y lo mataron de un tiro en la cabeza.<br><br>
* Valeria, trans, muerta por arma de fuego (un tiro en la cara) durante la madrugada del 30 de junio, alrededor de Metro Mall, en Tegucigalpa, alrededor de las 9 de la noche. No le quisieron hacer autopsia.<br><br>
Three murders:<br><br>
*Vicki Hernández Castillo, trans (Sonny Emelson Hernández), the night of the 29th or early morning of the 30th, gunshot, during the curfew, a gunshot in the eye. They didn't want to conduct an autopsy, alleging that it she could be HIV+. The death certificate said that her death was due to a cerebral contusion when in reality it was due to a gunshot. <br><br>
*Fabio Zamora, 12:30 in the early morning of July 4th. Eight explosions inside of a stall in the San Isidro Market. Three men (hired killers) called him by his name and killed him with a gunshot to the head.<br><br>
*Valeria, trans, dead from firearm (a shot in the face) during the early morning of June 30th, near the Metro Mall, in Tegucigalpa, around 9:00 at night. They didn't want to do an autopsy.
(PDF - 79 Kb) Document Date: 31 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 273)
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Iraq: World Report 2009 - By Human Rights Watch Jan 2009: http://www.hrw.org/en/node/79254 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Gender-Based Violence<br><br>
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are also vulnerable to attacks from state and non-state actors."
(PDF - 72 Kb) Document Date: 31 Jan 2009 (Downloads: 178)
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Mexico: Persiste homofobia influenciada por la Igleisia Católica: Enoé Uranga - Homophobia persists influenced by the Catholic Church: Enoé Uranga - by Humberto Castillo, on www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx, 08/01/09: http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/vernota.php?id=106209 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"A pesar de los avances logrados en materia de diversidad sexual en el país, persiste la homofobia y la discriminación institucional, donde la iglesia católica influye con campañas y exhortación al odio contra personas que deciden libremente sobre su sexualidad y sus cuerpo, señaló la diputada federal electa, Enoé Uranga Moñoz, al dar una plática sobre diversidad sexual en las instalaciones del IFE en la capital michoacana.<br><br>
En entrevista con Cambio de Michoacán, señaló que los dueños del poder en la iglesia católica, los extremistas, exhortan al odio y su existencia depende de la ignorancia y la desinformación de muchas personas, sin embargo, no es generalizado, aún así el día que la gente tome conciencia y decida que hacer con su sexualidad y su cuerpo, "a la iglesia se le acaba el negocio."<br><br>
"In spite of advances achieved concerning sexual diversity in the country, institutional homophobia and discrimination persist, where the Catholic Church has influence with campaigns and exhortations of hate against people who freely decide about their sexuality and their body," indicated the federal deputy-elect, Enoé Urange Moñoz upon giving a talk about sexual diversity in the facilities of the IFE in the Michoacan capital.<br><br>
In an interview with "Cambio de Michoacan" he pointed out "that the powers that be in the Catholic Church, the extremists, encourage hate and its existence depends on the ignorance and the lack of information on the part of many people; nevertheless, it is not widespread, and when the day comes that the people become aware and decide what to do with their body and sexuality, the Catholic Church will be out of business."
(PDF - 239 Kb) Document Date: 1 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 259)
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MUJIGAE KOREA- by Professor Douglas Sanders on 08/03/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"ABSTRACT:<br>
The existence of homosexuals in South Korea was routinely denied in the past. In the 1990s a number of changes began, notably the expansion of the gay bar scene, a set of activist organizations and public "pride" events. The firing of popular television actor Hong Suk Chun in 2000 was a major public event, giving new visibility to homosexuals. The sensational transsexual star Harisu has also changed public perceptions. The new international support for "human rights" led South Korea to establish a National Human Rights Commission in 2001. The Commission had a mandate to deal with discrimination on the basis of "sexual orientation" and acted positively on that mandate, including funding gay and lesbian organizations to carry out particular programs."
(PDF - 305 Kb) Document Date: 3 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 450)
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Philippines- ESSAY : Gay Pride and Prejudice - By Michael Tan Columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer - on 08/02/09 : http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20090802-218326 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Homosexuality (or, to be more precise, homosexual acts) was never illegal in the Philippines and both Filipinos and foreigners often generalize that there?s much tolerance here, pointing to the cross-dressing baklas (and, lately, the very young baklita) swaying down the streets. But discrimination does exist, sometimes accompanied by violence inflicted even by fathers and brothers. Lesbians who are out have also been victimized, sometimes even raped with the perverse reasoning that once a lesbian has ?tasted? a man she would change her sexual orientation."
(PDF - 69 Kb) Document Date: 2 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 196)
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Eritrea Sodomy Laws 2005- Statutes- by www.sodomylaw.org 02/06/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Statue: Article 600, Unnatural Carnal Offences Penalty: 10 days to 3 years "Simple imprisonment" (Art. 105 of the Penal Code) "
(PDF - 38 Kb) Document Date: 6 Feb 2005 (Downloads: 299)
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Eritrea World Legal Survey -2000 by ILGA, www.ilga.info, 7/31/00 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"2 gay men are known to have been granted asylum in 1995 by the US (IGLHRC AP)"
(PDF - 176 Kb) Document Date: 31 Jul 2000 (Downloads: 275)
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Eritrea- Legal But Not Accepted by Harrow, www.mask.org.za, 6/19/03 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"June 19, 2003 interview by BTm's horn of Africa correspondant, Johannesburg "I had an opportunity to talk about homosexuality in Eritrea with a student at Pretoria University, South Africa."
(PDF - 131 Kb) Document Date: 19 Jun 2003 (Downloads: 261)
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Eritrea: Focus on rapid expansion of HIV/AIDS- IRIN News 05/09/02 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Experts are concerned that the country's health system is unprepared for such a rapid increase. "The figures show that an increasing number of people are sick with AIDS and there is no real support structure to cope," said Mathiot. A number of small-scale schemes are being developed to offer help them. Most plan to offer home visits, food aid and nursing care for patients who cannot be accommodated in hospitals."
(PDF - 144 Kb) Document Date: 9 May 2002 (Downloads: 282)
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Eritrea: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/08/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Homosexuals faced severe societal discrimination, and there were reports that the government expelled several expatriates in 2004 due to their sexual orientation."
(PDF - 105 Kb) Document Date: 8 Mar 2005 (Downloads: 249)
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Eritrea: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/06/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Governmental and societal discrimination against members of the Kunama ethnic
group and homosexuals; <br><br>
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination <br>
Homosexuality is illegal, and homosexuals faced severe societal discrimination.
(PDF - 31 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2007 (Downloads: 190)
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Iraq LGBT Crisis Update: Profiling the Worsening Situation- posted by: Steve W. 0n 07/30/09: http://www.care2.com/causes/human-rights/blog/iraq-lgbt-crisis-update-usa-today-profiles-the-worsening-situation/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The article also reinforces that militias in Iraq are purposefully seeking out LGBTs to assault and degrade them in order to send a clear message to the West against liberation forces. In this way, the already disenfranchised Iraqi LGBT population have become tools of a much greater ideological battle: the resistance of certain extreme groups clinging to power against occupying forces as society threatens to seismically shift around them. "
(PDF - 331 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 250)
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Pakistan: Transgender asylum seeker fears persecution - by Worthing Express on 07/30/09: http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/latest-london-news/Transgender-asylum-seeker-fears-persecution.5511105.jp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The Home Secretary has agreed to reconsider a decision to refuse
refuge to an asylum seeker living in south-east London who says he is
"a man in a woman's body" and fears persecution in his homeland.
Human rights lawyers believe the case could set a precedent for other
transgender applicants from Muslim countries who say they fear
ill-treatment because their condition is not understood in the Islamic
world."
(PDF - 36 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 190)
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Dominican Republic: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2008 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 02/25/09: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119157.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Workers or patients found to have the disease could be fired from their jobs or denied adequate health care. Although the law prohibits the use of HIV testing to screen employees or for medical services unrelated to the disease, there were no known instances where this law was enforced, despite reports that official complaints had been filed."
(PDF - 132 Kb) Document Date: 25 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 270)
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India: Mizoram's largest church decries gay ruling, says homosexuals only 0.3% - By: Rinu Varghese on in.christiantoday.com, 07/29/09: http://in.christiantoday.com/articles/mizorams-largest-church-decries-gay-ruling-says-homosexuals-only-03/4290.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Homosexuality is against all religious ethics and the culture of Indian society. We feel that the Indian society is safeguarded by the IPC Section 377 from unnatural and anti-social behaviour. Hence we are of the opinion that there is no need of legalising homosexuality in our country," the Church wrote to Union Government.<br><br>
It pointed that homosexuality was fundamentally against the family structure and legalising it will destroy the fundamental nature of family unit of life.<br><br>
It continued: "Homosexuality is against the natural order of God?s purpose in creating both sexes. Anything that goes against the natural order does not last over time and will have negative impact on the lives of the people and society."
(PDF - 62 Kb) Document Date: 29 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 267)
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Militias target some Iraqis for being gay- By Paul Wiseman and Nadeem Majeed, USA TODAY on 07/28/09: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2009-07-28-gays-in-iraq_N.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"He was gay. He wore his hair long and took female hormones to grow breasts. Amused by his appearance, Iraqi police officers stopped him in December at a checkpoint in a southern Baghdad neighborhood dominated by radical Shiite militias. They groped Saleh and ridiculed him. Hili says Saleh contacted him, fearing for his life, and asked for his help to flee Iraq. "Unfortunately, it was too late," Hili says. Saleh turned up dead two months later, he says." <br><br> At least 82 gay men have been killed in Iraq since December, according to Iraqi LGBT. The violence has raised questions about the Iraqi government's ability to protect a diverse range of vulnerable minority groups that also includes Christians and Kurds, especially following the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities last month."
(PDF - 104 Kb) Document Date: 28 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 173)
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Peru: Presidente García condenó la violencia contra homosexuales en discurso por Fiestas Patrías - President Garcia condems violence against homosexuals during speech for Patriotic Celebrations - Diario de Lima Gay on 07/29/09: http://blogdelimagay.blogspot.com/2009/07/presidente-garcia-condeno-la-violencia.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"El Presidente Alan García Pérez se refirióa la violencia y abuso de que son víctimas homosexuales mujeres y niños en un breve pero importante pasaje del mensaje que dirigió al Congreso y al país con motivo de celebrarse un aniversario más de la independencia del Perú.<br><br>
"En nuestro país, quien lo duda, hay muchísima violencia familiar contra la mujer y los niños. El feminicidio y el abuso contra los homosexuales aumentan y abren paso al pandillaje y la violencia". dijo García."<br><br>
"President Alan Garcia Pérez referred to the violence and abuse of which homosexuals, women and children are the victims, in a brief but important message he gave to the Congress and the country with the idea of celebrating one more anniversary of the Peruvian independence."<br><br>
"In our country, no one doubts it, there is a lot of family violence against the wife and children. Murder of women and abuse against homosexuls increases and opens the path to gang activity and violence." Garcia said.
(PDF - 271 Kb) Document Date: 29 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 278)
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Tackling South Africa's rape epidemic - The trial of three of the men accused of the rape and murder of one of South Africa's leading sportswomen, the openly gay football star Eudy Simelane, starts in South Africa on Wednesday.- By Nikki Jecksm, BBC News on 07/29/09 : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8171874.stm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Thirty-one lesbian women have been reported raped and murdered in homophobic attacks in South Africa since 1998. <br><br>
But according to Triangle - a gay rights organisation - only two cases of "corrective rape" have ever made it to the courts; there has been only one conviction. <br><br>
"This is a sad fact in this country generally, women are very reluctant to come forward," says Sharon Cox from Triangle."
(PDF - 57 Kb) Document Date: 29 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 252)
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