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2009 Human Rights Report: Vietnam Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices March 11, 2010: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/eap/136015.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"A homosexual community existed but was largely underground. There are no laws that criminalize homosexual practices. There was no official discrimination in employment, housing, statelessness, or access to education or health care based on sexual orientation, but social stigma and discrimination was pervasive. Most homosexual persons chose not to tell family of their sexual orientation for fear of being disowned."
(PDF - 223 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 0)
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Bolivia: Human Rights Report: Bolivia- 2009 Human Rights Report: Bolivia Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices March 11, 2010: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136102.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The new constitution explicitly prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, language, sexual orientation, or social status. According to the human rights ombudsman, there was significant discrimination against (in descending order) persons with HIV/AIDS, indigenous persons, gay persons, and women."
(PDF - 235 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 5)
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Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 2010 - Honduras, 28 May 2010, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4c03a825c.html [accessed 2 September 2010] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people <br><br>
Evidence emerged of a sharp rise in the number of killings of transgender women following the June coup. Between 2004 and March 2009, human rights organizations had registered 17 cases of killings of transgender women. Between the end of June and December 2009, 12 such cases were reported by local human rights organizations. No data was available about investigations into these killings.
(PDF - 225 Kb) Document Date: 28 May 2010 (Downloads: 4)
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ASIA-MIDDLE EAST: Asian women increasingly under threat of HIV infection - by www.plusnews.org on 03/16/09: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=83477 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"'I went through medical tests and there I found out that I was
infected with HIV. Now, I can no longer leave and work abroad. I was
crushed. I didn't know what HIV was, and I thought I was going to die
quickly. I couldn't accept it. I wanted to be alone. I was angry and
kept asking, "What did I do wrong to get this disease?"' said Rina,
now 34 and working as a volunteer for a local non-government
organization promoting HIV/AIDS Photo: Newsbreak Asian women migrants
work under difficult conditions
awareness. Her story is becoming common among Asian women migrants
working in the Middle East, according to a groundbreaking study, HIV
Vulnerabilities of Migrant Women: From Asia to the Arab States, by the
UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Organization for
Migration (IOM). <br><br>
Ajjay Chibber, the UNDP regional director for Asia, said the migrants,
who suffered discrimination from the time they arrived, would become
more marginalized once they contracted HIV. 'If they are found to be
HIV positive, they risk deportation. Once returned to their home
countries, they are unable to find work and face discrimination and
social isolation,' he said. In the absence of reintegration
programmes, the deportation of HIV positive workers 'can be
devastating for the health, well-being and livelihoods of migrants and
their families,' the report said. The prospect of never again being
able to work abroad "puts them at substantial risk of being
trafficked."
(PDF - 194 Kb) Document Date: 16 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 5)
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BURKINA FASO: Finding new ways to feed HIV-positive people - by www.plusnews.org on 11/19/08: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81559 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"OUAGADOUGOU, 19 November 2008 (PlusNews) - High food prices and cuts
in food aid to HIV-positive people are forcing relief organisations in
Burkina Faso to take another look at local foods to keep people
healthy. 'We are all working with sustainability in mind, and we
cannot always continue to rely on external support,' said Dr Joseph
Aimé Bidiga, who runs the health division at the national AIDS control
council, CNLS. 'We must take action to allow us to do as much as
possible with our modest means.' According to new regulations issued
by the CNLS, only people starting on life-prolonging antiretroviral
(ARV) medication will be entitled to food rations, and then only for
the first six months of treatment. Previously, all people living with
HIV and their families were eligible for food aid. <br><br>
As a result of the cuts, several organisations have been forced to
reduce the number of people they support with food aid; PAMAC is now
providing food rations to one-third of its 25,000 beneficiaries, while
REVS+, an association of HIV positive people with around 2,000
beneficiaries, will now give food aid to just 700 patients. NGOs have
expressed concern that the cuts in food aid could lead patients to
abandon their ARV regimens, as a healthy diet is crucial to successful
HIV treatment. 'You have to [eat properly] to follow it; people who
don't eat cannot take their [ARVs],' said Martine Somda of REVS+."
(PDF - 185 Kb) Document Date: 19 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 5)
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HIV Vulnerabilities of Migrant Women: from Asia to the Arab States - by UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo, www.undprcc.lk, on 10/31/08: http://www2.undprcc.lk/resource_centre/pub_pdfs/P1105.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The Arab States are the primary destinations for many migrant workers
from various countries in Asia, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, the
Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Of these migrants, many are women: in
2005, 59 percent of Sri Lankan migrant workers were women, of which 90
percent were domestic workers, largely in the Arab States. Since 2000,
women have comprised 90 percent of yearly deployment of new hires for
service workers in the Philippines, of which 30 percent are employed
as domestic help. A similar preference for the Arab States is observed
in the case of Bangladesh, where between 1991 and 2007, 60 percent of
female migrants left to find employment in the Arab States. <br><br>
Stigma and discrimination confront women migrant workers in
all stages of migration in a far broader context than HIV alone,
though HIV does exacerbate the situation. In some cases
women migrate as a means to overcome discrimination related
to the stigma of being widowed, of being single and beyond
the socially acceptable age of marriage, and/or of being poor
and dispossessed of property and material assets. However, in
migrating from home they also transgress a social norm that
assumes the immobility of women, and thus in some countries
they face the stigma of being viewed as an 'impure' woman who
lives away from the watchful eye of family and community."
(PDF - 2,385 Kb) Document Date: 31 Oct 2008 (Downloads: 5)
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Honduras: 2009 Human Rights Report: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices March 11, 2010: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136117.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
On June 29, unknown actors fatally shot in the head transvestite sex worker Vicky Hernandez Castillo (Jhonny Emilson Hernandez) in San Pedro Sula. Human rights defenders alleged that security forces were responsible for the killing because Hernandez Castillo was believed to have been killed while working during curfew hours on the night of June 28. <br><br>
On September 20, unknown perpetrators fatally shot Salome (Jorge Samuel Caravante) and Zaira (Carlos Ricardo), two transvestite sex workers in Choloma, Cortes Department. At year's end there was no information regarding any investigation of these killings. <br><br>
On December 4, unknown persons reportedly kidnapped and physically assaulted LGBT activist Walter Trochez but later released him. Trochez told human rights organizations that during his December 4 detention, the kidnappers questioned him about his involvement in the anticoup movement. On December 13, unknown assailants fatally shot and killed Trochez in Tegucigalpa. At year's end the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights was conducting an investigation.
(PDF - 248 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 5)
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LGBT Activists in Turkey Launch Ground-Breaking Publication by EurasiaNet on 08/30/10: http://www.eurasianet.org/node/61826 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
It took three years of patient work before Koya and Solin, both gay Kurds themselves, were
ready to bring out the first issue. "There are 15 million Kurds in Turkey, and one in 10 people
is gay, but where are the Kurdish gay people?" asked Solin. "That is the question that led to
this. We wanted to find out how people express their sexuality in this culture."<br><br>
In the Kurdish east and the mass of rural Anatolia, Islamic values and extended family
networks make it impossible to live an openly gay lifestyle. "No one is openly homosexual,"
says Koya. "There are a few, maybe a couple in our group, who are accepted within their
families on the condition of not being open in the community."
(PDF - 54 Kb) Document Date: 30 Aug 2010 (Downloads: 4)
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Líder de Comunidad Gay Sampedrana Asesinado / Gay community leader in San Pedro Sula murdered- by Redacción: redaccion@laprensa.hn, on 09/02/10: http://www.laprensa.hn/Ediciones/2010/08/31/Noticias/Lider-de-Comunidad-Gay-Sampedrana-asesinado (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Según estadísticas de la Comunidad Gay Sampedrana al menos unos 24 hondureños han sido asesinados de forma violenta desde el 2009. "Estamos como que acostumbrándonos a lo mismo, duele porque (Gensy) era una persona muy cercana a nosotros. Lo que pasa aquí en el país es que las leyes no se cumplen para nadie y para nuestra comunidad es mucho más complicado todavía el asunto".<br><br>
"According to statistics from the Sampedrana (San Pedro Sula) Gay Community, at least 24 Hondurans have been murdered in a violent form since 2009." It's as if we are getting used to the same,it hurts because (Gensy) was a person who was very close to us. What happens here in this country is that the laws aren't carried out for anyone and for our community it is much more complicated."
(PDF - 591 Kb) Document Date: 2 Sep 2010 (Downloads: 5)
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Moscow activists file Euro court case - Rex Wockner International News # 853- 08/30/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Moscow Pride organizers filed suit against Russia in the European Court of
Human Rights on Aug. 23 alleging violations of their right to freedom of
assembly as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights." <br><br>
"A year ago, gay activists were denied permission to stage pickets against
Moscow Northern District Prefect Oleg Mitvol after he waged a campaign,
ultimately successful, to close down the city's oldest gay bar, Body and
Soul. Russian courts upheld the bans."
(PDF - 23 Kb) Document Date: 30 Aug 2010 (Downloads: 6)
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Morocco: Odissey to America - By Justin Raimondo-06/21/06-http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2006/06/21/odyssey-to-america/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The judge looked like a reasonable man, stern but not cruel ? but the prosecutor! A more perfect portrait of satanic evil could hardly be imagined. Thin as a rail, with that scraggly beard the Islamists wear, eyes buried in shadow beneath Brezhnevian eyebrows, he demanded the maximum sentence for homosexual acts: three years, and a hefty fine. No lawyer appeared on behalf of the defendants. Omar?s shoulders slumped forward as he heard the prosecutor?s demand, and he looked down at the floor. Adil, on the other hand, did not slump, but stood straighter, and looked directly at the source of this threat to his freedom, projecting, with all his might, his utter disdain.
(PDF - 97 Kb) Document Date: 26 Jun 2006 (Downloads: 6)
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Peru: Denuncian que Ministerio de Educación y UNFPA aún consideran la homosexualidad como una "desviación" en contra de opinión de OMS - The Minsitry of Educaiton and The UN Population Foundation are Denounced Since They Still Consider Homosexuality as an "aberration" Contrary to the Opinion of the World Health Organization (WHO), By Blog de Lima Gay, 08/19/10: http://blogdelimagay.blogspot.com/2010/08/denuncian-que-ministerio-de-educacion-y.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"En los términos de referencia de la convocatoria, llama la atención que , entre los contenidos temáticos para educación sexual, se ubica a la homosexualidad como una 'desviación de la expresividad y del comportamiento sexual.' <br><br> "En cuanto al tema específico de la 'homosexualidad', existen tres maneras de abordarla en el ámbito educativo: sancionarla, invisibilizarla o reconocer su existencia sin prejuicios. Los términos de referencia de la guía la silencian a lo largo de los contenidos para colocarla finalmente como 'desviación' y 'problema', cuando la homosexualidad ya no es considerada una patología (enfermedad o desviación) por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), desde hace veinte años."<br><br>
"In terms of reference for the assembly, it is noted that, among the thematic contents for sexual education, one finds homosexuality as an 'aberration of expressiveness and of sexual behavior.'<br><br>
"Regarding the specific topic of 'homosexuality,' there are three ways of approaching it in the educational scope: to sanction it; to make it invisible; or to recognize its existence without prejudice. The terms of reference of the guide silence it in the long run of the contents to finally place it as an "aberration" and "problem," when homosexuality is no longer considered a pathology (illness or aberration) by the World Health Organization (WHO) since twenty years ago."
(PDF - 101 Kb) Document Date: 19 Aug 2010 (Downloads: 6)
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A New Sorrow for Afghanistan: AIDS Joins List - by Carlotta Gall, www.nytimes.com, on 03/19/07: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/world/asia/19afghan.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The few surveys that exist suggest that Afghanistan has a low prevalence of H.I.V. ? only 69 recorded cases, and just three deaths. Yet health officials warn that the incidence is certainly much higher. 'That figure is absolutely unreliable, even dangerous,' said Nilufar Egamberdi, a World Bank consultant on H.I.V./AIDS. The World Health Organization has estimated that 1,000 to 2,000 Afghans are infected, but Ms. Egamberdi said even that was 'not even close to reality.' Dr. Saifur Rehman, director of the National AIDS Control program in the Ministry of Health, agreed. Afghanistan, a deeply religious and conservative country ? sex outside marriage is against the law ? may still be less at risk of the spread of the virus than other places. <br><br>
Stigma is perhaps the most difficult challenge in dealing with H.I.V./AIDS in Afghanistan. The Taliban government, with its stoning and execution of adulterers and homosexuals, may be gone, but sex outside marriage and homosexual sex are still socially unacceptable.
Doctors and health workers here warn that AIDS patients will face ostracism, even death, if their communities learn they are infected. The Ministry of Health closely guards the identity of the few people who have tested H.I.V.-positive. Dr. Muhammad Farid Bazger, H.I.V./AIDS coordinator of the German aid organization ORA International, has seen firsthand the cruelty communities are capable of.
During his work in villages and refugee camps in Pakistan, he came across an unmarried man who had returned from the Arabian Peninsula infected with H.I.V. The man told his father, who, not understanding the consequences, told others. Soon, villagers told the father he should kill his son. The son ended up locked in a brick cell in the family yard, with only a small opening where food was thrown in."
(PDF - 256 Kb) Document Date: 19 Mar 2007 (Downloads: 6)
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Mozambique discovers its gay minority - by www.afrol.com on 11/01/06: http://www.afrol.com/articles/22322 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The issue of homosexuality is being discovered in Mozambique, where the existence of gays is described as 'a reality.' While homosexuality surely is not a matter largely concerning citizens, organisations in defence of the rights of this minority are being established, and politicians do not rule out future legal pro-gay reforms. Still not officially registered, Mozambique new gay rights movement already counts on 15 members from each province. After constituting, the group plans to fight for its grand aim - the end of discrimination against people of a minority sexual orientation in Mozambique. <br><br>
In Mr Silva's view, it is a fact that homosexuals exist in different layers of Mozambican society, although society at large disapproves of homosexual behaviour. This, he believes, is due to conflicts with religious beliefs, masculinity values, reproduction and continuity of family, among others factors. But Mr Silva also holds that Mozambican society is not rejecting so much the sexual orientation of a person as such, but rather the expression of this sexuality, such as sexual act or affection and the establishment of homosexual relationships. Due to pressure from society, he says, most gays live a semi-open or semi-closeted life, keeping their sexual orientation secret."
(PDF - 215 Kb) Document Date: 1 Nov 2006 (Downloads: 5)
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Mozambique: Gay Rights Raised in Mozambican Paper - by www.allafrica.com on 07/04/06: http://allafrica.com/stories/200607040114.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Maputo ? For the first time, a mainstream Mozambican paper has published an article by a prominent Mozambican journalist arguing in favour of gay rights. Previously the question of homosexuality has been largely ignored in the Mozambican media, with the exception of occasional outbursts of homophobic nonsense by christian or moslem clerics."
(PDF - 142 Kb) Document Date: 4 Jul 2006 (Downloads: 5)
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PAKISTAN: Marginalised male sex workers vulnerable to HIV/AIDS - by www.irinnews.org on 09/21/06: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=61708 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Pervaiz is one of the hundreds of male sex workers (MSWs) in Lahore, the teeming capital of the Punjab province, and with a population of 8 million Pakistan's second largest city after Karachi. Beneath its lush trees, and the domes and minarets of the Mughal buildings scattered across its older parts, scores of MSWs operate. Although the precise number of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Lahore is unknown, according to the Pakistan National AIDS Programme, on the basis of findings by international agencies in 2002, they number around 38,000. This number includes male transsexuals or 'hijras', who live in large family groups and have devised their own, unique system of leadership, inter-marriage and complex rituals, and a significant number of masseurs, like Pervaiz, who can be found in many parts of Lahore and other major cities, congregating at selected spots as dusk falls each evening. <br><br>
While such behaviour is strictly illegal, homosexuality is fairly widespread in Pakistan. Under the country's Islamic laws, sodomy carries a penalty of whipping, imprisonment or even death ? but the fact on the ground is that it is also for the large part silently accepted. This uncomfortable compromise means there are strongly entrenched taboos about talking publicly about sex between men, and the result is that levels of awareness about the risk of HIV infection among male sex workers is extremely low. The social marginalisation of communities such as the hijras and the fact that few male sex workers have access to healthcare or contact with awareness-raising programmes, makes them all the more vulnerable."
(PDF - 232 Kb) Document Date: 21 Sep 2006 (Downloads: 7)
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PAKISTAN: Mazhar Anjum, "It's not easy being a hijra in this society" - by www.irinnews.org on 02/17/09: http://www.irinnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=82952 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Mazhar Anjum is an HIV-positive transgender (hijra) sex worker and part of an outreach team at an NGO dealing with HIV-positive people in Karachi, the largest metropolis in Pakistan. He told IRIN/PlusNews about the difficulties faced by the transgender community. 'Its not easy being a hijra is this society, but is it our fault that we are like this?' <br><br>
'When the news of my HIV status got out, my chaylas [apprentices] left me and people from my community [transgenders] shunned me ... Now that I am well and financially stable, the people who had shunned me want to be friends. I tell [other hijra sex workers], "Do whatever you want to, but play safe." Sadly, very few of them listen. Their customers/partners force them not to use condoms as they do not find it pleasurable enough. I meet HIV-positive men, women and transgenders who feel helpless and in an emotionally vulnerable state, and when I tell them that I am an HIV-positive person and give them my example, initially they are surprised but eventually they do open up to me.'"
(PDF - 176 Kb) Document Date: 17 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 8)
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UAE: Two accused of using the internet to offer sex - by Awad Mustafa, www.thenational.ae, on 01/13/10: http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100114/NATIONAL/701139855 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Two men who allegedly used the internet to offer sexual services appeared separately before the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance yesterday. The first man, MN, is charged with prostitution, consensual homosexual sex, producing pornographic material, cross-dressing and insulting religion. The second, MF, an 18-year-old student, is charged with prostitution.
Homosexuality is illegal in the UAE. Both defendants face a minimum of three years imprisonment and a maximum sentence of 15 years if found guilty."
(PDF - 141 Kb) Document Date: 13 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 8)
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Coming out as a political act in LGBT movement in Turkey- A thesis submitted to the Graduate School of Social Sciences of Middle East Technical University- by Ilay Erterik, 06/30/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"This thesis analyzes the coming out action of individuals through perception of
political identity. Instead of considering coming out as an individual experience, it
is discussed as a political action that effects the others around the individual. This
political action is examined from the Queer Theory?s perspective of subverting the
gender norms. The coming out experience of lesbians, gays and bisexuals not only
has an impact of their personal environment, but also effects their relation to the
LGBT movement." <br.<br>
"The importance of coming out in LGBT movement is explained through the
interviews with lesbians, gays and bisexuals. Where they place themselves
politically in their socialization process is analyzed. LGBT movement?s historical
background is introduced and compared with the movement in Turkey. The issues
originate from Turkish society?s social structure is indicated through interviews."
(PDF - 714 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 8)
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EurasiaNet, Armenia: Gays live with threats of violence, abuse, 30 March 2010, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4bfd3b698b4e.html [accessed 25 August 2010] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"But gay Armenians are still often the targets of discrimination. Aside from the risk of losing work, homosexuals face becoming social outcasts ? a heavy burden in Armenia's communal, family-centric culture. Some families have been known to emigrate to escape the stigma of having a gay family member. Similar social prejudices prevail in neighboring Georgia and Azerbaijan as well."
(PDF - 224 Kb) Document Date: 30 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 8)
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