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Zambia: Rise of Homophobia prompted by Christian fundamentalists - by MUBANGA Chan, www.europe-solidaire.org, 26 February 2010 : http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article16594 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The move by the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) to adopt a clause that directly discriminates against homosexuals has caused fear and uncertainty in the Zambian gay community. Over the past two years, Zambia has undertaken a constitution making process with a view of adopting a constitution for all Zambians that could withstand the test of time." <br><br> Zambia is a Christian nation and it shall continue to be so because it is part of our constitution. And acts such as homosexuality are not part of the Christian norm. In 2005, this house passed stiff laws against homosexuality. For people having carnal knowledge of each other against the order of nature the punishment is a minimum of 15 years imprisonment. If you have carnal knowledge of an animal you serve a minimum of 25 years. Amidst laughter and cheering, vice president Kunda went on to say, ?I know there are some prominent people in our society who are practicing homosexuality, some of them are engineers, some are lawyers and some are journalists.?
(PDF - 55 Kb) Document Date: 26 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 134)
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Homofobia justifica desamparo a enfermos de VIH/SIDA en México - Homophobia justifies forsaking of people infected with HIV/AIDS in Mexico-by La Prensa Latina, 08/15/09: http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109382&Itemid=1 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was translated in full by East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Berkeley CA <br><br>
"La homofobia en México es un grave problema que legitima la
discriminación por las instituciones estatales, consideró el director
del Programa de VIH/SIDA de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos
Humanos, Ricardo Hernández." <br><br> "De acuerdo con el funcionario, los prejuicios evitan que el Estado
cumpla con su obligación de garantizar los derechos humanos, y
violentan la dignidad de las personas, su derecho a la protección de
la salud, a la igualdad y no discriminación."<br><br>
"Homophobia is a serious problem in Mexico and it legitimizes discrimination by state institutions, reflected the director of the HIV/AIDS Program of the National Commission of Human Rights, Ricardo Hernández."<br><br>
"In agreement with the official, prejudices allow the State to not fulfill its obligation of guaranteeing human rights, and they violate the dignity of people, their right to protection of health, to equality and non-discrimination."
(PDF - 117 Kb) Document Date: 15 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 162)
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Mexico: "La homofobia y su efecto negativo en la salud pública" / Homophobia and its negative effects on public health"- by www.la-verdad.com.mx, on 06/29/09 : http://www.la-verdad.com.mx/principal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13746&Itemid=169 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was translated in full by East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Berkeley CA <br><br>
"La mayoría de los trabajadores de los hospitales públicos de México tienen una actitud discriminatoria y homofóbica en relación a la población que viven con VIH-Sida y sexualmente diversa, según datos proporcionados ayer por el doctor José A. Izazabal, director del programa Sida de la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos."<br><br>
"The majority of the workers in the public hospitals of Mexico have a discriminatory and homophobic attitude in relationship to the sexually diverse population and the one which lives with HIV/AIDS, according to data provided yesterday by Dr. José A. Izazabai, director of the AIDS Program of the National Commission of Human Rights."
(PDF - 395 Kb) Document Date: 29 Jun 2009 (Downloads: 173)
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Mexico: Siguen las extorsiones policiacas contra gays en Zona Rosa - Police extortions continue against gays in the Zona Rosa- by Notigay.com on 08/06/09: http://www.notigay.com/especiales/413-siguen-las-extorsiones-policiacas-contra-gays-en-zona-rosa.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was translated in full by East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Berkeley CA <br><br>
"México, Distrito Federal (Notigay.com).- A pesar de que activistas locales de la diversidad sexual han hecho múltiples denuncias públicas acerca de los abusos policiacos en Zona Rosa, la situación parece seguir igual, ya que un reportaje publicado por el diario capitalino El Universal revela que policías locales y trabajadores sexuales extorsionan en contubernio a hombres que acuden a solicitar servicios sexuales, además de que jóvenes asistentes a esa área citadina se quejan de persistentes abusos por parte de agentes de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública local."<br><br>
In spite of the fact that local activists for sexual diversity have made multiple public accusations regarding the police abuses in the Zona Rosa, the situation appears to be the same, since a report published by the capital city daily El Universal, reveals that local police and sex workers in conspiracy with one another extort men who come to solicit sexual services, aside from the fact that youth who hang out in this area of Mexico City complain of persistent abuses on the part of agents of the local Department of Public Security."
(PDF - 173 Kb) Document Date: 6 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 178)
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Seis de cada diez hombres infectados de sida en México son homosexuales - Six out of every ten men infected with AIDS in México are homosexuals -by EFE on www.adn.es on 05/17/09 on: http://www.adn.es/printVersion/ADNNWS20090517_1416/604 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was translated in full by East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Berkeley CA <br><br> "Seis de cada diez hombres infectados en México por el VIH/sida son homosexuales, los cuales son objeto de estigma y discriminación por la homofobia imperante y se encuentran alejados de la atención médica oportuna, informó hoy el Gobierno. <br><br> La homofobia y el machismo, dijo, causan la segregación de homosexuales, lesbianas, bisexuales y transgéneros y los hacen víctimas frecuentes de extorsión, humillación y expulsión de sus comunidades y familias o incluso de lesiones y asesinatos."<br><br>
"Six of every ten men infected by HIV/AIDS in Mexico are homosexual, they are stigmatized and discriminated against due to prevailing homophobia and they find themselves distanced from the appropriate medical attention", the Government informed today.<br><br>
"Homophobia and machismo," they said, "cause the segregation of homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders and makes them frequent victims of extortion, humiliation and expulsion from their communities and families or even bodily harm and murder."
(PDF - 137 Kb) Document Date: 17 May 2009 (Downloads: 188)
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Seis de cada diez hombres infectados de sida en México son homosexuales - Six out of every ten men infected with AIDS in México are homosexuals -by EFE on www.adn.es on 05/17/09 on: http://www.adn.es/printVersion/ADNNWS20090517_1416/604 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was translated in full by East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Berkeley CA <br><br>
"Seis de cada diez hombres infectados en México por el VIH/sida son homosexuales, los cuales son objeto de estigma y discriminación por la homofobia imperante y se encuentran alejados de la atención médica oportuna, informó hoy el Gobierno. <br><br> La homofobia y el machismo, dijo, causan la segregación de homosexuales, lesbianas, bisexuales y transgéneros y los hacen víctimas frecuentes de extorsión, humillación y expulsión de sus comunidades y familias o incluso de lesiones y asesinatos."<br><br>
"Six of every ten men infected by HIV/AIDS in Mexico are homosexual, they are stigmatized and discriminated against due to prevailing homophobia and they find themselves distanced from the appropriate medical attention", the Government informed today.<br><br>
"Homophobia and machismo," they said, "cause the segregation of homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders and makes them frequent victims of extortion, humiliation and expulsion from their communities and families or even bodily harm and murder."
(PDF - 137 Kb) Document Date: 17 May 2009 (Downloads: 174)
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Senegal: Addressing Escalating Arrests & Violence - by IGLHRC -OutSpoken Newsletter (Spring/Summer 2010) 06/08/2010: http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/publications/newsletters/1139.html#senegal (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
In Senegal, same-sex activity has, since 1965, been punishable by up
to five years imprisonment. Enforcement of this law has escalated in
the past two years, with the arrests of more than 50 people and trials
of at least 16 individuals suspected of same-sex activity or being part
of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans community. <br><br>
Simultaneously, state-sanctioned violence and anti-gay rhetoric in the
media against individuals believed to be LGBT has increased.
(PDF - 151 Kb) Document Date: 8 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 182)
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UPR: Iraq Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva. 11th June 2010. - Presented by Rowland Jide Macaulay on 06/11/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"UNAMI reports a number of assassinations of homosexuals in Iraq, many of which are unreported by family members for fear of further abuse. Stakeholders have also documented widespread extrajudicial killings of persons on the basis of their actual or presumed sexual orientation. Many men assumed to be gay have been mutilated and their bodies dumped in the streets, while others have been forced to flee Iraq after receiving death threats." <br><br> "While we welcome the government?s commitment to take action on these matters, we are dismayed by the rejection of recommendations 23,24,25 & 26 in pargraph 83, which call on the government to investigate all allegations of persecution based on sexual orientation and gender identity and ensure that the authours of violence are brought to justice. As UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon recently stated ?We cannot stay quiet when people are denied fundamental rights, whatever their race or faith or age or gender or sexual orientation?.
(PDF - 46 Kb) Document Date: 11 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 164)
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Kyrgyz Come Out - Institute for War & Peace Reporting on 3/16/10: http://www.iwpr.net/report-news/kyrgyz-come-out (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Homophobia is rife in Kyrgyzstan with gay women particularly susceptible to
discrimination.
It was an unpleasant incident at a Bishkek cafe that helped convince Sasha Kim
that Kyrgyz lesbians had been silent for too long.
She was among several women ordered out of the cafe when two of their
number were spotted by the other patrons exchanging a kiss. They were told the
restaurant was a ?respectable establishment? and no place for gays and lesbians.
(PDF - 79 Kb) Document Date: 16 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 164)
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Kyrgyzstani Group Publishes Homosexuality Information - PinkNews.co.uk on 11/27/07: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6166.html/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The publication of a brochure about homosexuality in the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan has
drawn attention to the discrimination lesbian, trans and bisexual people in the country face.
However, the head of Bishkek mosque condemned the publication.
"If there is no reaction to it, then our society has truly sunken below the level of animals," said
Myktybek ajy, according to the BBC.
(PDF - 57 Kb) Document Date: 27 Nov 2007 (Downloads: 164)
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Turkmen Lesbian Granted Asylum - Columbia Law School on 5/1/07: http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2007/may07/sexuality_law (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Today, Columbia Law School?s Sexuality and
Gender Law Clinic secured asylum for a Turkmen woman who feared
persecution in this mostly Muslim country because she is a lesbian and because
of her political opinions. The grant of asylum, issued by the Department of
Homeland Security, is believed to be the first-ever issued to a lesbian from
Turkmenistan. The woman granted asylum in the U.S. prefers to remain
anonymous as she continues to fear persecution of her family members in
Turkmenistan.
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?This victory is particularly important because, to our knowledge, it is the first
asylum grant to a Turkmen lesbian, said Professor Suzanne B. Goldberg, who
directs the Clinic. ?The intensive research and information about conditions for
lesbians and gay men in Turkmenistan gathered by the students on this case is
now available to anyone from Turkmenistan seeking asylum because of their
sexual orientation, she said.
(PDF - 78 Kb) Document Date: 1 May 2007 (Downloads: 197)
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Egypt: Suggested Recommendations on Human Rights Issues Related To Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review-Seventh Session (8-19 February 2010)-By ARC-02/19/10-http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Documentation.aspx. (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Key Issues/Recommendations: individuals have been arrested, charged with the ?habitual practice of debauchery?, and subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment on the basis of actual or presumed consensual same-sex conduct and/or HIV status. Recommend that these provisions not be interpreted or applied to criminalise same-sex conduct or HIV status, and training programs for relevant authorities.
(PDF - 119 Kb) Document Date: 19 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 88)
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Thousands Attend First Anti-gay Protests In Ghana - by news.peacefmonline.com / Source: Citifmonline.com/Ghana on 06/04/10: http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201006/45117.php (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"According to the anti-gay and Lesbians group, even though people had the right to chose various sexual orientations and associate with whatever group they desire, Ghana as a country mainly occupied by Christians and Muslims, should not embrace such a practise, saying it could have dire consequences on the country." <br><br>
"Ghana will suffer more than the experience of Sodom and Gomorrah, should we embrace this practice in this country," he noted. "
(PDF - 43 Kb) Document Date: 4 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 135)
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Catholic Church accused of delaying discrimination bill in Croatia - by PinkNews.co.uk on 6/23/08: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8063.html/ (Afghanistan)
A leading gay advocacy group has written to government officials and MPs in Croatia expressing concern at delays in introducing a new law banning discrimination.
(PDF - 18 Kb) Document Date: 23 Jun 2008 (Downloads: 103)
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Catholic Church accused of delaying discrimination bill in Croatia - by PinkNews.co.uk on 6/23/08: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8063.html/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A leading gay advocacy group has written to government officials and MPs in Croatia expressing concern at delays in introducing a new law banning discrimination.
(PDF - 18 Kb) Document Date: 23 Jun 2008 (Downloads: 76)
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European Parliament says candidate countries must offer gays protection - PinkNews.co.uk on 2/12/10: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/02/12/european-parliament-says-candidate-countries-must-offer-gays-protection/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The European Parliament has said that Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey must prove they can offer "genuine protection" to gay people in order to join the European Union.
The three countries have been criticised for their records on LGBT rights and reports given to the European Parliament reminded the candidates that protections such as anti-discrimination laws were "non-negotiable".
(PDF - 18 Kb) Document Date: 12 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 79)
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Lesbian group criticise police in Croatia - by PinkNews.co.uk on 3/4/08: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-7020.html/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A group representing lesbians in Croatia has questioned why only one person has been prosecuted for attacking last year's Pride parade in the capital city of Zagreb.
Last week Josip Situm was convicted of endangering lives and property and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment while behind bars after being found guilty of a hate crime.
(PDF - 23 Kb) Document Date: 4 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 76)
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Same-sex partnership bill faces uphill battle in Croatia - by Advocate.com on 3/18/06: http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=34599 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Croatian ruling party lawmakers in Zagreb on Friday criticized an opposition draft bill proposing that gay couples be entitled to register their partnerships, insisting that same-sex relations are against God and nature. The heated debate, during which several lawmakers made hostile comments about gays, indicated that the bill, drafted by two lawmakers from the left-center parties, will certainly be rejected by the chamber, where the ruling party controls the majority.
(PDF - 31 Kb) Document Date: 18 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 72)
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Small pride marches staged in Moscow despite ban- Rex Wockner International News # 841 06/07/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"LGBT people managed to stage two small, brief pride marches in Moscow on
May 29 despite another ban from Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who says gay marches
are "satanic." <br><br> "The guerrilla-style hit-and-run Moscow gay pride march was over before
the police arrived," said British gay activist Peter Tatchell, who joined
the march. "When they turned up, officers scurried around aimlessly,
searching for protesters to arrest." <br><br>
"All morning the gay pride organizers fed the police a steady stream of
false information, via blogs and websites, concerning the location of the
parade," Tatchell explained. "They suggested that it would take place
outside the EU (European Union) Commission's offices. As a result, the
police put the whole area in total lockdown, closing nearby streets and
metro stations, in a bid to prevent protesters assembling there." <br><br>
"The authorities also tailed journalists, in hopes of finding the parade,
said Andy Thayer of Chicago's Gay Liberation Network, who took part in the
march."
(PDF - 26 Kb) Document Date: 7 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 161)
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No Going Back- By Nathanael Miles, Stonewall, 05/30/10: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/what_we_do/research_and_policy/2874.asp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Stonewall has published the report No going back: Lesbian and gay people and the asylum system (2010), which is based on interviews with asylum-seekers and UK Border Agency decision-makers. It found almost systemic homophobia in our asylum system resulting in legitimate lesbian, gay and bisexual asylum seekers regularly being refused sanctuary. <br><br>
The report revealed that officials rely on inaccurate information and outdated ideas about gay people and admit that they don?t know how to question them appropriately. As a result lesbians and gay men who?ve been raped, tortured and threatened with death are being returned to their countries ? in many cases to face further persecution.
The report details how lesbian, gay and bisexual people seeking asylum experience significant and specific disadvantages as a direct consequence of their sexual orientation.
(PDF - 393 Kb) Document Date: 30 May 2010 (Downloads: 89)
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