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Human Rights Abuses against sexual minorities in Indonesia- IGLHRC 11/15/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This report was submitted by IGLHRC to the UN Human Rights Council for its 2007 Universal Periodic
Review on November 19, 2007. An electronic version of this publication is available on our website:
www.iglhrc.org
(PDF - 500 Kb) Document Date: 15 Nov 2007 (Downloads: 407)
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Indonesia: Gays Fight Sharia Laws- daydreampolitics.org Doug Ireland 10/19/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The article was originally written for Gay City News, New York City's largest weekly gay newspaper.<br><br>
In fact, it is difficult to quantify with any specificity the level of bias-related anti-gay violence in the country because, until the founding of Arus Pelangi, there was no gay group collecting such information in Indonesia. A group called Lambda Indonesia was founded in 1985, sponsored social gatherings, consciousness-raising, and issued a newsletter, but it petered out in the 1990s. Gaya Nusantara is a gay group focusing on health issues like AIDS, and operating mainly in Surabaya, East Java. Yayasan Srikandi Sejati, founded in 1998, focuses specifically on health issue of the transgendered, running a free health clinic that provides HIV/AIDS counseling and free condoms to transsexual sex workers.
(PDF - 271 Kb) Document Date: 19 Nov 2006 (Downloads: 500)
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Muslim Communities Thwart Indonesian Protections For Gays-by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff 10/04/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(Jakarta) A decision by the Indonesian government to allow areas of the country semi-autonomous power is having a devastating effect on the country's gays a leading local newspaper reports.<br><br>
In granting local authorities the right to use Islamic law gays are reportedly being round up and prosecuted despite a federal constitution which has in the past guaranteed LGBT civil rights.
(PDF - 403 Kb) Document Date: 4 Oct 2006 (Downloads: 434)
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The Emergence of Political Homophobia in Indonesia: Masculinity and National Belonging - Tom Boellstorff University of California, Irvine, USA 12/30/04 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
abstractThis paper explores an unprecedented series of violent acts against ?gay?
Indonesians beginning in September 1999. Indonesia is often characterized as ?to-
lerant? of homosexuality. This is a false belief, but one containing a grain of truth. To
identify this grain of truth I distinguish between ?heterosexism? and ?homophobia,?
noting that Indonesia has been marked by a predominance of heterosexism over
homophobia. I examine the emergence of a political homophobia directed at public
events where gay men stake a claim to Indonesia?s troubled civil society. That such
violence is seen as the properly masculine response to these events indicates how
the nation may be gaining a new masculinist cast. In the new Indonesia, male?male
desire can increasingly be construed as a threat to normative masculinity, and thus
to the nation itself.
(PDF - 398 Kb) Document Date: 30 Dec 2004 (Downloads: 393)
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Algeria: Asylum-seekers fleeing a continuing human rights crisis- Amnesty International 06/01/03 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Grounds for persecution may be attributable not only to activities, beliefs or
associations in Algeria itself, but may also relate to activities, in particular political
and human rights activities, outside Algeria. Indeed, any conduct which is perceived
as opposing the social, religious or political status quo is likely to attract the adverse
attention of the authorities. This includes, for instance, expressions of homosexuality.
(PDF - 459 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jun 2003 (Downloads: 361)
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Algeria: gay man seeks asylum in uk - www.mask.org.za 12/02/04 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
December 2, 2004: The campaign around the case of Ramzi Isalam hots up as UK activist group, OutRage! adopt his cause and go public with their demands.<br><br>
"A gay Algerian refugee is at risk of deportation back to his home country, where there is a serious danger he would be murdered by Islamic fundamentalists." Say UK gay rights group OutRage!.
(PDF - 109 Kb) Document Date: 2 Dec 2004 (Downloads: 467)
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Algeria: RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs) - DZA102570.E - Canadian Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa 07/28/04 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Algeria: Treatment of homosexuals by society and government authorities; protection available including recourse to the law for homosexuals who have been subject to ill-treatment (2005 - 2007)
(PDF - 149 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jul 2007 (Downloads: 395)
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Algeria: RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs) - DZA42879.FE - Canadian Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa 07/28/04 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Algeria: Update to DZA38124.F of 7 January 2002 on the treatment of homosexuals by Algerian society and the police (January 2002-July 2004)
(PDF - 158 Kb) Document Date: 29 Jul 2004 (Downloads: 392)
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Algeria: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007, Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br>
The law criminalizes public homosexual behavior and there is no specific legal protection of homosexuals in the country. There was also generally societal discrimination against homosexuals, but not violence or official discrimination. While some homosexuals lived openly, the vast majority did not.
<br><br>AIDS is considered a shameful disease in Algeria. According to March statistics released by the Ministry of Health, 2,100 citizens were HIV-positive and 736 people suffered from AIDS. There were 54 centers offering free services to detect AIDS in Algeria. During the year according to a survey of 30,000 families in the 48 wilayas performed by UNICEF, only 15 percent were aware of means to protect themselves from contracting AIDS. During the year, the health ministry along with the NGO AIDS Algerie launched an AIDS prevention campaign, stressing the need to avoid discrimination, especially in the workplace, against those with HIV/AIDS.
(PDF - 113 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 401)
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Armenia: RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs) - ARM100689.E- Canadian Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa, 01/19/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Armenia: The situation of homosexuals and lesbians; public perception of gays and lesbians; availability of state protection and whether there exist state programs to promote the respect of their human rights (January 2003 - December 2005)
(PDF - 173 Kb) Document Date: 19 Jan 2006 (Downloads: 386)
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Armenia: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007, Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The government's human rights record remained poor, and serious problems remained. Citizens were not able to freely change their government; authorities beat pretrial detainees; the National Security Service (NSS) and the national police force acted with impunity; authorities engaged in arbitrary arrest and detention; prison conditions were cramped and unhealthy, although slowly improving; authorities imposed restrictions on citizens' privacy, freedom of press, and freedom of assembly. Journalists continued to practice self-censorship, and the government and laws restricted religious freedom. Violence against women and spousal abuse remained problems, as well as trafficking in persons, discrimination against persons with disabilities, and societal harassment of homosexuals. There were reports of forced labor.
(PDF - 127 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 1997 (Downloads: 504)
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Armenian Gays get Organised- iwpr.net By Zhanna Alexanian in Yerevan (CRS No. 228, 21-Apr-04) (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Eight gay men and a transsexual met in a Yerevan café recently to discuss plans to form what will be Armenia's first gay and lesbian rights organisation and start to lift the taboo on homosexuality in the country.<br><br>
None of them were from the capital. Although invited, Yerevan homosexuals declined to attend the first meeting. Those who did show up were from four other Armenian cities: Gyumri, Idjevan, Goris, and Echmiadzin.
(PDF - 201 Kb) Document Date: 21 Apr 2004 (Downloads: 423)
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México, país homofóbico: Fernando del Collado- Mexico, homophobic country: Fernando del Collado- www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx 06/19/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Various things prove what the book "Homophobia, Hate, Crime & Justice 1995-2005", from the journalist Fernando del Collado states. The main one is that the level of hate which exists in the Mexican society against homosexuals, women and the native people has risen to a criminal level, that is to stay, to kill a person for being different is disturbing, and even more, it deals with acts which aren't even classified as hate crimes. <br><br> MÉXICO, DF .- Varias cosas pone en evidencia el libro "Homofobia. Odio, crimen y justicia 1995-2005", del periodista Fernando del Collado. La principal es que el nivel de odio que existe en la sociedad mexicana contra los homosexuales, las mujeres y los indígenas ha llegado al crimen, es decir, "matar a una persona por ser diferente es preocupante", y más aún, se trata de actos que ni siquiera están tipificados como crímenes de odio.
(PDF - 224 Kb) Document Date: 19 Jun 2007 (Downloads: 379)
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Sri Lanka: Laws proscribing homosexual acts and whether they are applied in practice; the treatment of homosexuals by authorities, by society at large and by the Muslim community- www.unhcr.org 01/17/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Legislation and treatment by the authorities<br><br>
Homosexuality is illegal in Sri Lanka (AI July 2006; Freedom House 2006; WSG n.d.a). Under Section 365A of the country's penal code, homosexual acts are punishable by a jail term of up to ten years (Gay Times n.d.; see also AI July 2006). According to the website of Women's Support Group (WSG), a Sri Lankan non-governmental organization (NGO) and "the first women's group in Sri Lanka to dedicate itself to issues of lesbians, bisexual women and transgendered persons," prior to 1995, this law applied only to homosexual men (n.d.a). However, in 1995, the law was amended to be "gender-neutral," resulting in the criminalization of both male and female homosexual activity (WSG n.d.a).
(PDF - 193 Kb) Document Date: 17 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 337)
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Cameroon: Fighting to Free Those Found "Guilty" of Homosexuality: Christi van der Westhuizen interviews ALICE NKOM, Cameroonian lawyer- www.ipsnews.net - 01/03/09: http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=45674 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Eighteen-year-old Anatole Zali is at imminent risk of being forcibly returned to Cameroon by the Swiss authorities. Anatole Zali identifies himself as gay, and homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon. If returned he would be at risk of being imprisoned because of his sexual orientation, and Amnesty International would consider him to be a prisoner of conscience. Anatole Zali arrived in Switzerland from Cameroon, on 3 February 2008, and claimed asylum on the grounds that he had been threatened because of his sexual orientation. In Cameroon, Anatole Zali claims to have received threats from the police, initially in Yaounde, the capital, and then in the city of Douala, where he stayed with his (male) cousin for protection. His cousin was later arrested by the police on suspicion of being gay, and an arrest warrant on the same grounds was issued for Anatole Zali. Anatole Zali fled to Switzerland to escape arrest.
(PDF - 75 Kb) Document Date: 12 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 376)
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Guyana: DANE SOLOMON IS NO LONGER AFRAID-A Gay Man's Journey to Win Asylum- By Lisa Biagiotti & Channtal Fleischfresser www.nyc24.org 3/17/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"This faggot came onto us," the men told arriving policemen, Solomon remembers. In Guyana, only four types of people walk alone at night: policemen, thieves, prostitutes and "anti-men" (homosexuals). Solomon spent a sleepless night in the corner of a crowded jail cell.<br><br>A year after arriving in the U.S., Solomon suffered a stroke, which left him paralyzed, unable to speak and walk for seven months. But Solomon chose to apply despite missing the filing deadline. According to Immigration Equality, Solomon's circumstances were exceptional and he received a waiver for the application deadline.
(PDF - 371 Kb) Document Date: 17 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 428)
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Inicia gay ayuno por falta de atención médica a seropositivos en Veracruz- Due to lack of medical attention to sero-positive people in Veracruz, a gay man starts a fast today- By Andrés Timoteo Morales,La Jornada 03/14/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The president of the defunct group, Lesbian-Gay Chiaroscuro, Juan Carvajal, started a permanent fast this Friday, in Sebastian Lerdo De Tejada Plaza in this city, in the face of the lack of response from the governor Fidel Herrera Beltrán and the Congress of Veracruz to its petitions <br><br> Jalapa, Ver. El presidente de la desaparecida agrupación lésbico-gay Claroscuro, Juan Carvajal, inició este viernes un ayuno permanente en la plaza Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada de esta ciudad, ante la falta de respuesta del gobernador Fidel Herrera Beltrán y del Congreso de Veracruz a sus peticiones.<br><br>
Carvajal exige atención a pacientes infectados con VIH/Sida e impulsar leyes contra la discriminación a personas portadoras del virus.
(PDF - 65 Kb) Document Date: 14 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 503)
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Mexico: Manifiesta Alvarez Icaza preocupación por agresiones a homosexuales - Alvarez Icaza expresses conern for aggressions towards homosexuals- La Jorndada 03/14/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
La CDHDF no se opone al combate de la delincuencia, pero indicó que en el marco de las acciones se deben respetar los derechos de los homosexuales y las lesbianas.<br><br>México. El presidente de la CDHDF, Emilo Alvarez Icaza, manifestó su preocupación por los operativos policiacos que se realizan en la Zona Rosa, ya que se ha agredido a la comunidad lésbico-gay.<br><br>
(PDF - 69 Kb) Document Date: 14 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 370)
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Activists demand release of men jailed under Moroccan gay-sex ban- Rex Wockner International News # 723- 03/03/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Human Rights Watch and the Moroccan Human Rights Association on Feb. 26
demanded the release of six men jailed under a law that bans gay sex.<br><br>
The men were arrested in November after a video circulated online
showing them at a supposed gay-wedding celebration in the town of Ksar
el Kbir, Morocco.
(PDF - 18 Kb) Document Date: 3 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 426)
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Argentine president said to support gay marriage- Rex Wokner International News #723- 03/03/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
New Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner supports
legalization of same-sex marriage, according to the president of the
National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism
(INADI).
(PDF - 18 Kb) Document Date: 3 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 414)
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