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Uganda: more gay people suffer in silence as they are not able to communicate their suffering - www.mask.org.za 08/01/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
August 1, 2005: I am a female Ugandan, 25 years of age and am writing this with clear conscience despite that most people in Uganda regard homosexuality as insanity.<br><br>
On a sad note, I would like to say something on the terrible incident that happened on the 20-july-2005 to Uganda's prominent gay activist, Ms. Juliet Victor Mukasa and the Kenyan activist. This kind of ordeal has been on-going for years in Uganda as most of us have no way of informing you about our suffering, you are not able to report about it.<br><br>
I would like to say that the reasons given by the LC1 as complaints from locals are not true. We as LGBTs here have suffered from that for a long time because as long a heterosexual person comes up an accusation, it's definitely the gay person in the wrong.
(PDF - 55 Kb) Document Date: 1 Aug 2005 (Downloads: 402)
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Uganda: rights body attacks uganda over gay ban- by Grace Matsiko www.mask.org.za 07/26/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
July 26, 2005: Kampala - The Human Rights Watch (HRW), a global human rights body has attacked Uganda for proposing a law banning same sex marriage saying it is deepening repression.<br><br>
"In voting for a constitutional amendment to criminalise marriage between persons of the same sex, Uganda's Parliament has struck a gratuitous blow for prejudice and against basic human rights", the HRW said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday. <br><br>
Same-sex sexual relations are criminalised in Uganda under a sodomy law.
The law was strengthened in 1990. Section 140 of the Penal Code (PC) criminalises "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
(PDF - 51 Kb) Document Date: 26 Jul 2008 (Downloads: 445)
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Belize-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> There was some societal discrimination against persons with HIV/AIDS, and the government worked to combat it through the public education efforts of the National AIDS Commission (NAC) under the Ministry of Human Development and through the Pan-American Social Marketing Organization, which received foreign government assistance. There were incidents of discrimination based on sexual orientation, but determination of its extent was difficult to ascertain.
(PDF - 95 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 469)
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Benin-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> There were no reports of overt discrimination or violence based on a person's sexual orientation or HIV/AIDS status. In April 2006 the government enacted a law making it illegal to discriminate against a person, at any stage of hiring or employment, based on his or her HIV status.
(PDF - 94 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 425)
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Bhutan-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> Homosexuality is illegal in Bhutan and is punishable as a petty misdemeanor with a prison sentence ranging from one month to one year. There were no reported cases of anyone charged under the statutes.
(PDF - 98 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 433)
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Bolivia-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/1//08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons<br><br> Although the law prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, language, or social status, there was significant discrimination against women, indigenous people, and the small black minority. The human rights ombudsman reported that "persons with HIV/AIDS, indigenous persons, peasant farmers, and homosexuals, in this order, were the most discriminated against within society."
(PDF - 97 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 357)
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Costa Rica-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> Although there are no laws prohibiting discrimination against persons based on sexual orientation, discrimination based on HIV/AIDS in health care, employment, and education was prohibited by law and by presidential decree. The Ombudsman's Office received one report complaining of such discrimination during the year. In April the president and the minister of health signed an order derogating a 1990 decree that established a prohibition for HIV/AIDS high risk persons from donating blood, plasma, and body organs and tissues.
(PDF - 96 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 383)
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Djibouti - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> There was no known societal violence or discrimination based on sexual orientation or against persons with HIV/AIDS.
(PDF - 93 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 354)
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Estonia-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> There were no reports of societal violence or discrimination based on sexual orientation or against persons with HIV/AIDS. In April police fined four persons and issued warnings to several others for verbally and physically attacking participants in a 2006 gay rights parade. A similar parade took place on August 11 without incident.<br><br> Freedom of Assembly <br.<br> A gay rights parade took place in Tallinn on August 11 without incident. The government had failed to protect participants of a gay rights parade in 2006.
(PDF - 95 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 466)
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Guyana-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal buses and Discrimination<br><br>
Violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation or against persons with HIV/AIDS were not widely reported.
(PDF - 93 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 418)
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Hungary-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> Homosexuality is legal, but on one occasion right-wing groups subjected homosexuals to physical abuse. Despite a police escort, the approximately 2,000 participants in the annual gay pride march on July 7 encountered a crowd of several hundred antigay demonstrators who hurled verbal abuse, beer bottles, eggs, nylon bags filled with and two smoke bombs at them. This counterdemonstration was organized by the far right-wing party Jobbik. Later in the evening, after police had observed the dispersal of the antigay demonstrators and departed, witnesses reported a number of physical assaults on persons entering and leaving a nightclub that marked the terminus of the march. Police allegedly failed to respond to phone calls reporting these incidents. Several NGOs criticized police for inaction and for charging the 17 persons arrested in connection with the parade with group disorderly conduct, instead of the more serious chare of incitement against a community or violation of the freedom of assembly.
(PDF - 97 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 410)
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Libya-Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br>
There were no reports of societal violence or discrimination based on sexual orientation or against persons living with HIV/AIDS.
(PDF - 93 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 401)
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Mexico 3: 05/19/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 182 Kb) Document Date: 19 May 2008 (Downloads: 349)
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México, segundo lugar en crímenes por homofobia en América Latina- Mexico, second place for homophobic crimes in Latin America -by Gladis Torres Ruiz y Jenaro Villamil -www.proceso.com.mx- 05/19/08: www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?sec=0&nta=59299 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Mexico occupies second place in Latin America in regards to murders due to homophobia, registering 420 in one decade from 1995-2006. Furthermore, for each homocide case which is reported, two are not reported to the authorities bringing the number to an even higher level. <br><br> México, D.F., 19 de mayo (apro-cimac).- México ocupa el segundo lugar en América Latina en
cuanto a asesinatos por homofobia, al registrar 420 en una década, de 1995 al año 2006, revela el
Informe Anual de Crímenes por Homofobia 2005/2006, elaborado por el suplemento Letra S,
especializado en temas de salud, sexualidad y VIH. <br><br>
De acuerdo con el informe, por cada homicidio denunciado, dos no llegan a oídos de las autoridades,
por lo cual, estima que la cifra podría elevarse a mil 260 crímenes por homofobia.
(PDF - 62 Kb) Document Date: 19 May 2008 (Downloads: 419)
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México, segundo lugar en crímenes por homofobia en América Latina- Mexico, second place for homophobic hate crimes in Latin America-by Gladis Torres Ruiz y Jenaro Villami- www.proceso.com.mx 05/19/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
México, D.F., 19 de mayo (apro-cimac).- México ocupa el segundo lugar en América Latina en cuanto a asesinatos por homofobia, al registrar 420 en una década, de 1995 al año 2006, revela el Informe Anual de Crímenes por Homofobia 2005/2006, elaborado por el suplemento Letra S, especializado en temas de salud, sexualidad y VIH.
De acuerdo con el informe, por cada homicidio denunciado, dos no llegan a oídos de las autoridades, por lo cual, estima que la cifra podría elevarse a mil 260 crímenes por homofobia.
(PDF - 182 Kb) Document Date: 19 May 2008 (Downloads: 365)
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Mexico: La urgencia de legislar Crímenes de odio en México-The urgency to legislate Hate Crimes in Mexico- Letra S- by Carlos Bonfil- 05/03/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Criminality tied to sexual, religious or racial discrimination is a theme rarely discussed in Mexico and about which there still exists a legal void. This article reviews the background of penalty in the U.S., the case of homophobic crimes in Mexico and the necessity of revising our penal codes with the end result of punishing criminal discrimination and putting a legal stop to the prevailing impunity. <br><br> La criminalidad ligada a la discriminación sexual, religiosa o racial es un tema poco discutido en México y sobre el cual existen todavía importantes vacíos jurídicos. En este artículo se revisan los antecedentes de penalización de esta figura en los Estados Unidos, el caso de los crímenes por homofobia en México, y la necesidad de revisar nuestros códigos penales a fin de sancionar la discriminación criminal y poner un freno legal a la impunidad imperante.
(PDF - 161 Kb) Document Date: 3 May 2008 (Downloads: 367)
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Mexico: Reporte Anual de crímenes de odio por homofobia [95-06]- Annual report on homophobic crimes [95-06]- Letra S- www.letraese.org.mx 05/17/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Documentation of criminal hompophobia in this report, carried out through diverse media, in the search to amplify the pattern of published resources which reproduce the essential information for this work.<br><br> La documentación de la homofobia criminal en el presente reporte, se realizó a través de diversos medios, en la búsqueda de ampliar la muestra de recursos hemerográficos que reproduzcan la información esencial para este trabajo. La ampliación de medios consultados es el resultado del trabajo en coordinación con otras asociaciones civiles, de diversas localidades del país, así como el tiraje de los mismos diarios.
(PDF - 629 Kb) Document Date: 17 May 2008 (Downloads: 435)
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Morocco-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> There was some societal violence based on sexual orientation. The penal code criminalizes homosexual acts but was infrequently enforced. On November 23, the home of a man who had hosted an alleged gay wedding the previous weekend was ransacked by an angry mob. On December 10, he and five other participants were tried and convicted for violating the law against homosexual acts. At year's end they remained in jail.
(PDF - 95 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 384)
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Nicaragua-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons<br><br> The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability, language, or social status. In practice the government often did not enforce these legal protections, and aggrieved persons filed few discrimination suits or formal complaints. There were reports of societal abuses and discrimination against persons of Afro-Caribbean descent, indigenous communities, homosexuals, and persons with HIV/AIDS.
(PDF - 105 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 344)
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Oman-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-2007-3/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> Despite various campaigns sponsored by the government to encourage acceptance of persons with HIV/AIDS, societal attitudes remained fearful toward persons with the disease. According to recent Ministry of Health statistics, there were approximately 1,000 reported cases of HIV/AIDS. On December 2, the Ministry of Health, in cooperation with UNICEF, launched a four-year, inter-departmental National Response Strategy to HIV/AIDS, which is intended to raise awareness and develop an integrated strategy to counter the spread of the disease.
(PDF - 98 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 452)
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