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Northern Cyprus decriminalises homosexuality- Marc Shoffman 10/13/06 Pinknews.co.uk (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Northern Cyprus is set to decriminalise homosexuality, bringing it in line with European Union (EU) laws and human rights in the rest of the country.<br>
Current laws in the Turkish Cypriot controlled part of the country regard homosexuality as âa crime against nature,â but all is about to change after analysts said it is vital to make the change to bring the country into modern society.<br>
Turkish Cypriot psychologist Mehment Cakici told the Cyprus Mail: âWe need this change in order to transform ourselves into a modern society. The right of a person to express his or her sexuality is a fundamental human right.â
(PDF - 218 Kb) Document Date: 13 Oct 2006 (Downloads: 500)
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Turkey's transsexuals face increasing violence- Reuters - By Selcuk Gokoluk 10/3/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Belgin still vividly remembers the night, more than a quarter of a century ago, when police herded her and dozens of other transsexuals and transvestites on to a train as part of a campaign to clean up Istanbul. <br>
"We did not know where the train was taking us. The police beat us and locked us up in the wagons. They gave us no water or food," she said, evoking scenes reminiscent of World War Two.<br>
The roundup took place just before the 1980 military coup in Turkey which led to the suspension of democracy and the jailing of hundreds of thousands of people for their political views. Some were executed. Many people fled abroad.
(PDF - 150 Kb) Document Date: 3 Oct 2006 (Downloads: 594)
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Violencia homofobica en Colombia-Homophobic Violence in Colombia- Hernando Salazar-BBC, Bogota 9/4/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
El crimen de Félix Rodríguez, de 56 años, propietario de "La Pantera Roja", una de las más conocidas discotecas gay de Bogotá, ocurrió a finales de abril pasado y prendió las alarmas en Colombia.<br>
Ese asesinato dejó al descubierto que sólo en la capital colombiana unos 60 homosexuales han sido asesinados desde hace cinco años y medio. Sin embargo, la cifra es aproximada. Las autoridades y los colectivos que defienden a los homosexuales le dijeron a la BBC que esos homicidios están subregistrados.<br>
"El problema más grave que tenemos en Bogotá es la ocurrencia de una serie de violencias homofóbicas, pero sobre todo el desconocimiento de las autoridades de esta realidad y la falta de unas políticas de registro y de información", comenta Marcela Sánchez, directora de la corporación Colombia Diversa, que aboga por los derechos de los gay, las lesbianas, los transgeneristas y los bisexuales.<br><br>
The crime of Felix Rodriguez, 56 years old, owner of "The Red Panther", one of the most well known gay discotheques in Bogotá, occurred at the end of last April and sounded the alarm in Colombia. This murder brought to light that in the Colombian capital alone some 60 homosexuals have been murdered in the last 5 1/2 years. However, this figure is only an approximation. The authorities and the groups which defend homosexuals told BBC that these homicides are under recorded.<br><br>
"The most serious problem which we have in Bogotá is the occurrence of a series of homophobic violences, but above all the lack of knowledge on the part of the authorities of this reality and the lack of registration and information policies," said Marcela Sánchez, director of the corporation "Diverse Colombia," which advocates for the rights of gays, lesbians, transgenders and bisexuals.
(PDF - 62 Kb) Document Date: 4 Sep 2006 (Downloads: 495)
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AIDS/HIV News Archive: BURMA/MYANMAR- Utopia-Asia.com (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
*Burma at the crossroads of HIV epidemic 22/6/03 -- Financial Times<br>
*UN Human Rights Envoy Impressed with Junta's Anti-AIDS Efforts 11/6/03 -- Associated Press<br>
*Thailand to Give Myanmar 1 Million Condoms, AIDS Medicine 03/09/29 -- Agence France Presse<br>
*Burma's Leaders Slowly Moving to Combat HIV 03/04/03 -- San Francisco Chronicle<br>
*Myanmar: The HIV/AIDS Crisis 08/04/02 -- The International Crisis Group<br>
*AIDS Hidden in Myanmar, Expert Says 06/25/01 -- New York Times<br>
*AIDS Hidden in Myanmar, Expert Says 06/25/01 -- New York Times<br>
*In Myanmar, Officials Raise Alarm on AIDS 5/7/99 -- Fox News Online<br>
+ other articles
(PDF - 248 Kb) Document Date: 22 Jun 2003 (Downloads: 514)
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Current Update HIV (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 846 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2000 (Downloads: 563)
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Homosexual Rights Around The World-A Nation's (legal) Perspective-Courtesy of billmyers@bright.net (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
2006<br>
COUNTRIES WITH SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS ILLEGAL) <br>
COUNTRIES WITH NO SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS LEGAL)<br>
QUESTIONABLE SODOMY LAW COUNTRIES (UNSURE IF THEY HAVE A SODOMY LAW)<br>
COUNTRIES WHERE HOMOSEXUAL ACTS ARE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH<br>
COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW HOMOSEXUALS IN ITS MILITARY <br>
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE A NATIONAL GAY RIGHTS LAW THAT BANS SOME ANTI-GAY DISCRIMINATION<br>
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE A HIGHER AGE OF SEXUAL CONSENT FOR HOMOSEXUALS THAN FOR HETEROSEXUALS<br>
COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW FOREIGN PARTNERS OF ITS HOMOSEXUAL CITIZENRY TO RECEIVE RESIDENCY PERMITS <br>
COUNTRIES THAT GIVE NATIONAL DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS TO HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES<br>
COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES TO MARRY
(PDF - 268 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2006 (Downloads: 533)
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Iranian Sources Question Rape Charges in Teen Executions- By Doug Ireland (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
As worldwide protests are taking place against the death penalty and criminalization of homosexuality in Iran in the wake of the hanging of two teenage males in the Iranian city of Mashad, new information is coming in from that country casting doubt on the validity of the rape charges the government there used to justify the death sentences.<br>
August 11 has been designated as the day for a series of coordinated demonstrations in France, Ireland, the United Kingdom and elsewhere to protest the hangings of Ayaz Marhoni, 18, and Mahmoud Asgari, who was either 16 or 17 according to press reports. <br>
On the controversy surrounding official claims that the executed youths had sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy, Afdhere Jama, editor of Huriyah, an e-zine for Queer Muslims, said his contacts in Iran affirm that the two youths hung in Mashad were lovers.
(PDF - 222 Kb) Document Date: 15 Sep 2005 (Downloads: 622)
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Mauritania 1 SO [97-2000] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 919 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2000 (Downloads: 544)
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Mauritania Current Update SO (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 1,448 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2000 (Downloads: 447)
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Mauritania: Rights of women, gays raised at international union congress-AEGIS 4/5/2000 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
An ICFTU study obtained by AFP showed that homosexuality is illegal in 86 countries and carries the death penalty in Sudan, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan.
(PDF - 103 Kb) Document Date: 5 Apr 2000 (Downloads: 581)
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Mauritania: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 3/8/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor<br>
March 8, 2006<br><br>
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination
There was no evidence of either societal violence or systematic former or transitional governments' discrimination directed at practicing homosexuals. Although Shari'a outlaws homosexuality under certain conditions, secular laws did not. The former and transitional governments did not arrest or prosecute any homosexuals during the year.<br><br>
There was no evidence of systematic discrimination by either society or government against persons with HIV/AIDS; however, taboos and beliefs associated with the disease caused victims in some areas to face isolation or exclusion.
(PDF - 51 Kb) Document Date: 8 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 621)
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NIJC October 2006 Newsletter (United States)
(PDF - 181 Kb) Document Date: 1 Oct 2006 (Downloads: 695)
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Sexual Minorities and the Law: A World Survey [Updated July 2006 ] Amnesty International (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 139 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2006 (Downloads: 497)
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UGANDA 13 women (names known to Amnesty International) AI 9/8/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
08 September 2006 <br>
UA 243/06 Fear for Safety/ Harassment <br>
UGANDA 13 women (names known to Amnesty International) <br>
On 8 September, the Ugandan newspaper Red Pepper published a list of 13 women they claim are lesbians.
Homosexuality is a criminal offence in Uganda, and Amnesty International believes that making such allegations
against these women may put them in danger. The article called for people to name other women suspected of
being lesbians in order to ârid our motherland of the deadly viceâ. <br><br>
This is the third instance in recent weeks of Red Pepper openly and specifically harassing lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) people. On 8 August, the newspaper published a similar list of name of men it claimed were
gay. On 7 September, Red Pepper ran an article naming and picturing another man, supposedly wanted by police
for engaging in âhomosexuality activities [sic]â. Following the publication of the list of men on 8 August, Amnesty
International received several reports of harassment of LGBT people who had been named. Some reported being
harassed by colleagues, while others were ostracized by relatives.
(PDF - 142 Kb) Document Date: 8 Sep 2006 (Downloads: 430)
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Uganda Won't Violate Gays' Human Rights, But... - Brig (rtd) Matayo Kyaligonza 10/10/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
AllAfrica.com <br>
The East African (Nairobi) <br>
OPINION<br>
October 10, 2006 <br>
Posted to the web October 10, 2006 <br>
Nairobi <br>
The recent condemnation of the Uganda government by Amnesty International over alleged incitement against same-sex relationships is inappropriate and in bad taste.<br><br>
Even animals, who are considered as lacking the advanced brain capacity of the human mind, have not been reported to resort to same-sex relationships, in spite of the favourable circumstances that would provide them with such an opportunity.
IT SOLELY remains the prerogative of the society to shun sexual perversion in the strongest ways possible, so that the same culture may not encroach on our sanctity and influence future generations into abhorrent cultural practices.
(PDF - 108 Kb) Document Date: 10 Oct 2006 (Downloads: 547)
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Wrap up survey on the laws worldwide affecting gay, lesbian and trans-gendered people- Daniel Ottoss (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Introduction <br>
This survey aims to give an updated and brief view of the legal situation for LGBT
people worldwide. <br.
Due to limitation reasons, the survey only covers national and federal laws, and not
local or city laws. <br>
Researched information consists mostly of first hand sources of legal texts, and in
some cases of second and third hand sources from governmental and non-
governmental organizations, if the sources have been found trustworthy. It was
performed from the year 2001 to July 2006. <br>
(PDF - 273 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jul 2006 (Downloads: 476)
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United Nations Group finds detention of men in Cameroon a violation of human rights- IGLHRC (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
10/11/06<br>
UNITED NATIONS GROUP FINDS DETENTION OF MEN IN CAMEROON ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION TO BE A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS<br><br>
RIGHTS GROUPS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF REMAINING DETAINEES<br>
In an opinion made public today, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared that the detention of 11 men in Cameroon on the basis of their presumed sexual orientation constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty contrary to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Â The UN human rights body further called on the government of Cameroon to adopt necessary measures to remedy the situation, including the possible repeal of the offending law. The men were detained for more than one year on anti-homosexuality offenses rising from Cameroonâ??s Penal Code.<br>
Todayâ??s ruling came in response to a complaint brought by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on behalf of the men. The 11 men were arrested at a bar frequented by gays and lesbians in Yaoundé, Cameroon. While in prison, the detainees faced harsh conditions and homophobic attacks from fellow prisoners. At their trial in June 2006, nine of the men were found guilty of â??sodomyâ? and sentenced to ten-month jail terms.  One of the men, Alim Mongoche, died of AIDS-related complications shortly after his conviction, exacerbated by the harsh conditions of detention.<br>
â??I hope this decision will bring justice for gay people and will prevent cases like that of Alim, who died needlessly,â? said Marc Lambert, one of the 11 former detainees.
(PDF - 127 Kb) Document Date: 11 Oct 2006 (Downloads: 472)
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Egypt's Human Rights Groups BBC News-1/1/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 68 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2005 (Downloads: 498)
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Egypt's Rights Groups Cannot Defend Gays-3/11/02 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 206 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2002 (Downloads: 452)
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Egyptian Rights Group - 2/11/02 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 113 Kb) Document Date: 11 Feb 2002 (Downloads: 616)
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