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Costa Rica Current Update Other Developments (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
3 documents in this section<br>
1- For the first time in the legal history in Costa Rica, the constiturional Court agreed to hear the case of a homosexual that claims payment on retirementbenefits from his deceased lon time companion from the government.<br>
2- National Insurance Institure confirms the eligibility of same -sex partners and their families for social security- IGLHRC- 7/16/03<br>
3- Se habre una puerta mas!- CIPAC/DDHH - 6/26/03
(PDF - 3,405 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2000 (Downloads: 562)
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Costa Rica: Cameroon Citizen kept under guard in Costa Rican Hotel dies of AIDS (Agua Buena)--08/3/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
According to Costa Rica's major daily newspaper, La Nacion, a Cameroon
citizen who entered the country illegally, died a few days ago of AIDS
in a Hotel close to the Airport, of AIDS, without ever have been allowed
to go to a Hospital.<br>
The Cameroon citizen whose name was published in La Nacion (but is
withheld here for confidentiality,) arrived in Costa Rica severely ill
about three weeks ago, with a false passport obtained in Guatemala. But
he was never taken to a Hospital. It is not even clear if he was ever
seen by a physician in the Hotel where he was kept under guard. <br>
The Costa Rican government is also refusing to cover any costs of
repatriating his body home to Cameroon, and La Nacion indicates that his
family cannot afford to pay the costs. He will be buried in a local
"pauper's grave"<br>
It is clear that authorities were aware that he was severely ill, as the
article states that he had asked authorities to try send him home while
he was still alive, presumably unaware that he also had a right to
receive medical attention.
(PDF - 21 Kb) Document Date: 3 Aug 2006 (Downloads: 631)
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Costa Rica: Why UNAIDS has failed in Central America- 8/24/2000 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Richard Stern <br> <br> An open letter for Dr. Enrique Zelaya - UNAIDS Central American Representative- Richard Stern
(PDF - 566 Kb) Document Date: 24 Aug 2000 (Downloads: 545)
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Gay Pride Panama 2006...2nda Marcha por la Diversidad Sexual..lo bueno y lo malo-06/25/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Gay Pride Panama...2nd March for sexual diversity...the good and the bad- Jose Ramon Castillero Calderon
(PDF - 190 Kb) Document Date: 25 Jun 2006 (Downloads: 547)
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Gay Zinmbabwe Asylum Seeker Granted No Mercy from US-4/12/-6 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Although the government has stated its disapproval of homosexuality and espoused harsh anti-homosexual rhetoric," wrote [Judge Steven] Colloton, the concept of persecution typically requires 'the infliction or threat of death, torture or injury to one's person or freedom." (Gay.com UK)
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(PDF - 43 Kb) Document Date: 12 Apr 2006 (Downloads: 576)
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Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe to Return to the Zimbabwean Boock Fair in 2006- Mask Admin 8/10/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
August 10, 2005: <br>The intimidation of GALZ staff during the second last day of the Zimbabwean Book Fair has not at all dampened the spirits of defiant staff members. According to Keith Goddard, the director, GALZ is most definitely exhibiting during the fair without fear in 2006. <br>
Witnesses and GALZ staff reported that despite a week of relative peace and civil interaction between the book fair crowd and the GALZ personnel at their stall, Friday 5th August almost turned nasty when a group of unidentified men who were smartly dressed approached the GALZ stand and announced that "GALZ was not allowed to be at the [Book] Fair". The group of bullies then returned to the Book Fair offices and issued threats against the Book Fair officials for allowing GALZ to participate at the Fair.
(PDF - 92 Kb) Document Date: 10 Aug 2005 (Downloads: 554)
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IGLHRC Deeply Concerned With Revision of Zimbabwe Criminal Code (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
An announcement by the Zimbabwean government that the criminal code has been amended and includes an expanded definition of the term "sodomy" is of great concern. The new law describes sodomy as anal intercourse between two men and "any act involving physical contact ... that would be regarded by a reasonable person to be an indecent act". The vagueness of this wording means that a kiss, hug or any other physical intimacy between men could be penalized by imprisonment for a period of one year.
(PDF - 57 Kb) Document Date: 8 Jul 2006 (Downloads: 470)
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KAOS GL MAGAZINE IS BANNED! (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(Press Release from Kaos GL Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and
Solidarity Association, Ankara, Turkey)<br>
The 28th summer 2006 issue of Kaos GL, the only homosexual magazine in
Turkey, has been confiscated by Ankara 12th Justice Court on the same day
it was printed. The issue, in which pornography is questioned and
contributed by the figures who are experts in their fields, have been
seized because the court deemed that its content is 'pornographic.'<br>
July 24 Press Festival surprise from Ankara republican prosecutor's office
for Kaos GL!<br>
Judge Tekman Savas Nemli decided CONFISCATION AND SEIZURE of Kaos GL after
Republican Prosecutor Metin Sezgin from Ankara Chief Republican
Prosecutor's Office Press Crimes Investigation Bureau demanded this in a
text dated July 21, 2006 and numbered 2006/1708 because some content and
pictures in some texts in a file on pornography in the 28th issue because
these were understood to breach protection of general morality.
(PDF - 27 Kb) Document Date: 4 Aug 2006 (Downloads: 372)
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Panama: El Gobierno de Martin Torrijos tiene mucho miedo del tema gay- Ricardo Betera (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Goverment of Martin Torrijos is very much afraid of the gay issue.<br>
(PDF - 160 Kb) Document Date: 4 Jun 2005 (Downloads: 606)
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Panamanians plan first pride parade - Rex Wokner International (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Panama will see its first gay pride parade June 25. Organized by the New Men and Women Association of Panama, the 3 p.m. Parade for Sexual Diversity will depart from the intersection of VÃ-a España and Vía Argentina and head to Andrés Bello Park. The march has received financial support from two gay bars, a Web site, a gay tchotchke shop, Spain's Triangle Foundation, and GrupoFSM, a corporation that owns the trendy Madrid nightclub Cool.
"Knowing that most marches of this type always start small -- and then grow into carnival-type parties -- we chose a very short path for our march, and we are not planning on having floats or anything like that," said Javier Rodríguez of the organizing group. "We hope that many hetero friends and family will show up. We are inviting everyone. Hence the 'sexual diversity' character of the march."
(PDF - 29 Kb) Document Date: 23 Dec 2005 (Downloads: 561)
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U.S Appeals Court rejects gay Zimbabwe man's appeal for asylum- Peter Shinkle St Louis Post12/13/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A federal appeals court in St. Louis decided 2-1 on Tuesday to deny asylum to a man who claims he was persecuted for homosexuality in is home country, Zimbabwe.
(PDF - 94 Kb) Document Date: 13 Dec 2005 (Downloads: 573)
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Zimbabwe: US supports Iran in Rejection Gay Rights Organizations at the UN-2/19/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Excerpt:<br>
Iran's government moved to have the gay and lesbian organizations' applications rejected without discussion, which is largely unheard of at the UN. Although France and Germany voted against the rejection, the U.S. government sided with Iran, and was joined by Cameroon and Zimbabwe, in successfully denying UN access to the gay rights organizations. Instead of creating a coalition of the respectful, the U.S. government helped create a coalition of the hateful. In doing so, the Bush administration joined forces with some of the most repressive regimes in modern history. <br> there is more
(PDF - 102 Kb) Document Date: 19 Feb 2006 (Downloads: 553)
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Chile: Codigo Penal- Penal Code (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Code 373:<br>
"Los que de cualquier modo ofendieren el pudor o las buenas costumbres con hechos de grave escándalo o trascendencia, no comprendidos expresamente en otros artículos de este Código, sufriran la pena de recluíon meno en sus grados mínimo a medio"
(PDF - 194 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2005 (Downloads: 516)
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Asumen en Cuba como error la persecución a los homosexuales en los años sesenta (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Por Alejandro Brito - Montreal (La Jornada)<br>
La situación de los derechos de la diversidad sexual en Latinoamérica fue uno de los temas que dominaron el segundo día de sesiones de la Conferencia Internacional de Derechos Humanos de Gays, Lesbianas, Bisexuales y Transgéneros que se realiza en esta ciudad, como preámbulo a las olimpiadas gay, denominadas Outgames.<br>
En este contexto, no dejó de llamar la atención la presencia de una delegación cubana representada por la sobrina de Fidel Castro, Mariela Castro Espín (hija de Raúl Castro Ruz, el segundo hombre en importancia en el gobierno de la isla), directora del Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual, quien expuso el trabajo desarrollado en favor de las personas transexuales de su país.
(PDF - 255 Kb) Document Date: 29 Jul 2006 (Downloads: 476)
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Kyrgyztan 1 [97-98] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 1,616 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 1998 (Downloads: 429)
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Nicaragua Current Update SO (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 4,118 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2000 (Downloads: 434)
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Accion de Alerta- [GLBTT] Actúa por las personas LGBTT en riesgo en Nicaragua (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Take action in favor of LGBTT at risk in Nicaragua <br>
A pesar de las positivas iniciativas emprendidas en todo el continente
americano, Nicaragua sigue criminalizando las relaciones sexuales mantenidas en
común acuerdo entre personas del mismo sexo.
Aunque, hasta donde ha podido saber AmnistÃ-a Internacional, nadie ha sido aún
procesado en aplicaciÃ3n del artÃ-culo 204 de la Ley de CÃ3digo Penal de
Nicaragua, existe en él la posibilidad de criminalizar no sÃ3lo a lesbianas,
gays, bisexuales, transexuales y transgéneros, sino que su ambigua redacciÃ3n
podrÃ-a permitir el procesamiento de personas por actividades como el activismo
en favor de los derechos de la comunidad LGBTT o de cualquier otra persona que
le proporcione informaciÃ3n o servicios sobre salud sexual. AmnistÃ-a
Internacional considerarÃ-a presas de conciencia a las personas encarceladas en
aplicaciÃ3n de este artÃ-culo:
(PDF - 118 Kb) Document Date: 5 May 2006 (Downloads: 497)
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Debating Iran- By Scott Long 07/27/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Is there a battle over Iran? In Washington and London, yes. Nations with immense military machines at their disposal argue the merits of peace and war.<br>
So why do the differences of a few lesbian and gay activists in New York matter? Because lesbian and gay Iranians are not abstractions, sheltered from politics - or missiles. Their lives should not be reduced to the agendas of well-meaning strangers in the West.<br>
For eight months, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has researched a report on abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Iran, interviewing dozens in Iran and the diaspora, trying to separate fact from rhetoric and rumor. As a prominent Iranian dissident said last week, "We need cases" - documentation, not speculation.
(PDF - 163 Kb) Document Date: 27 Jul 2006 (Downloads: 482)
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Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y personas transgenero [LGBT] en peligro en Nicaragua (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders in danger in Nicaragua
(PDF - 197 Kb) Document Date: 25 Apr 2006 (Downloads: 403)
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Nicaragua CU SO (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 4,118 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2000 (Downloads: 449)
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