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Macedonia backtracks on LGB protections- Rex Wockner International News # 824- on 02/08/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The government of Macedonia unveiled revised anti-discrimination
legislation Jan. 29 that deleted sexual orientation as a covered ground." <br><br>
"Deputy Minister for Social Policy Spiro Ristovski downplayed the change,
saying LGB people still would be protected via a category of "other
grounds" that applies to everyone."
(PDF - 24 Kb) Document Date: 8 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 201)
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Mexican attorney general tries to block gay marriage law - Rex Wockner International News # 824- on 02/08/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Mexican Attorney General Arturo Chávez appealed to the nation's Supreme
Court on Jan. 27 to block Mexico City's new law that legalized same-sex
marriage and adoption. It is scheduled to take effect in March. <br><br>
The city's Legislative Assembly passed the law 39-20 on Dec. 21. It
redefines marriage as "the free uniting of two people."
(PDF - 25 Kb) Document Date: 8 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 186)
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ATROPELLOS DE AGENTES GUBERNAMENTALES INCIDIERON EN QUE LOS CASOS DE HOMOFOBIA Y TRANSFOBIA AUMENTARAN UN 14 POR CIENTO EN CHILE- Abuses by Governmental agents made cases of homophobia and transphobia increase by 14% in Chile- by www.opusgay.cl on 02/04/10: http://www.opusgay.cl/1315/printer-85125.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Por segundo año consecutivo incrementaron los atropellos contra lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transexuales (LGBT), figurando por primera vez en el Ranking de la Homofobia y Transfobia agentes gubernamentales. El VII Informe Anual de los DDHH de las Minorías Sexuales se perfiló así como la crítica más dura y de mayor impacto público emitida por el Movimiento LGTB en contra del Gobierno."
(PDF - 250 Kb) Document Date: 4 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 131)
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EXPLOSIVO AUMENTO DE LA HOMOFOBIA Y TRANSFOBIA Y LOGROS HISTORICOS PARA LAS MINORIAS SEXUALES MARCARON EL 2009 Los casos y denuncias por discriminación aumentaron en un 90 por ciento, pero ello no significa que en Chile existan más sectores homofóbicos o transfóbicos. Las personas e instituciones responsables de los atropellos fueron las mismas de siempre, sólo que en el 2009 intensificaron sus reacciones contra avances conseguidos por la diversidad sexual.- Explosive Increase in Homophobia and Transphobia as well as Historic Gains for Sexual Minorities Noted in 2009. Cases and complaints due to discrimination increased 90%, but this does not signify that more homophobic or transphobic sectors exits in Chile. The people and institutions who were responsible for the abuses were the same ones as always, except that in 2009 they intensified their reactions against the advances gained by sexual diversity.- by www.opusgay.cl on 02/04/10:http://www.opusgay.cl/1315/article-88883.html#h2_1 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Explosive increases in homophobia and transphobia as well as historic achievements for sexual minorities marked 2009 - Cases and complaints based on discrimination increased in 90%, but that does not mean that in Chile there are more homophobic or transphobic sectors of the community. The individuals and institutions responsible for of the abuses were the same ones as always, only that in 2009 they intensified their reactions against gains made by sexual diversity <br><br>
La ideologización de los derechos humanos de las minorías sexuales, incidió significativamente en que los casos y denuncias por homofobia y transfobia pasaran de 65 en el 2008 a 124 en el 2009, un aumento del 90 por ciento, el más alto conocido en la historia. <br><br>
Los 124 episodios se dividieron en 0 asesinatos, 6 atropellos policiales, 5 agresiones físicas o verbales perpetradas por civiles, 3 hechos de discriminación laboral, 4 vulneraciones de derechos en el campo educacional, 30 declaraciones homofóbicas o transfóbicas, 9 casos de exclusión institucional, 2 obstáculos para el uso igualitario de espacios públicos y/o privados, 4 casos de violencia propinada por familiares, amigos/as o vecinos/as, 58 declaraciones contra las minorías sexuales y 3 sucesos de discriminación en la cultura, los medios y el espectáculo.
(PDF - 284 Kb) Document Date: 4 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 111)
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Gillibrand, Baldwin To Sec. Clinton: Save LGBT Refugees - Take Action to Enforce Human Rights Laws to Protect Members of the LGBT Community in Countries Where Their Rights Are Abused - by http://gillibrand.senate.gov on 02/04/10: http://gillibrand.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=54A4BD55-8F6C-41D6-B100-45C453A7585D (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Washington, D.C. ? With hundreds of LGBT individuals being beaten, persecuted and even killed in Iraq, Iran and other countries, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), joined by 11 of their Senate colleagues and 31 of their House colleagues, today wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to work with U.S. Ambassadors, the United Nations and NGOs across the globe to enforce human rights laws that protect LGBT individuals in the countries where they are under threat. Where safe conditions are not possible, the U.S. and the UN must work with refugee and human rights groups to expedite refugees? flight to safety."
(PDF - 123 Kb) Document Date: 4 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 106)
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Macedonia: Broaden Anti-Discrimination Bill/ Letter to the Prime Minister of Macedonia- HRW 02/03/10: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/02/03/macedonia-broaden-anti-discrimination-bill (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Silence equals inequality," said Boris O. Dittrich, advocacy director in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender program of Human Rights Watch. "Vague references to ?other grounds' simply aren't good enough." <br><br>
"The proposed law does not meet European or broader international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said."
(PDF - 303 Kb) Document Date: 3 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 188)
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Being Gay in Namibia-By Hilzoy-10/24/05-http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2005/10/yay_namibia.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"My advice is that it's not African" to be gay, the teacher replied, using a slur for the term. "Ignore those feelings and try girls."<br>She also apparently gossiped with colleagues. Other teachers started teasing Gurirab, asking him why he didn't play soccer and why he spent so much time around his mother. Then one morning, he said, the gym teacher invited him into his office, locked the door and forced him onto the desk for sex.
(PDF - 83 Kb) Document Date: 24 Oct 2005 (Downloads: 186)
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Malawi arrests 'gay-poster' man - by news.bbc.co.uk on 02/03/10: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8495229.stm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Malawian police have arrested a man for putting up gay-rights posters, amid a national debate over homosexuality - which is banned in Malawi." <br><br>
"Peter Sawali had put up posters saying: "Gay rights are human rights", on a main road in Blantyre, police said."
(PDF - 40 Kb) Document Date: 3 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 184)
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Namibia: Gay and Lesbian Initiative Funny-By Behind the Mask-08/18/09-http://www.mask.org.za/printpage.php?id=2239 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Nikanor charged it was ?immoral to promote homosexuality? after a presentation on gay and lesbian rights by the Czech Republic based NGO People In Need(PIN) Head of Mission, Hanna Urbanova.<br>Nikanor claimed that foreign NGOs come to Namibia under the guise of assisting in the country?s socio ?economic development, but then embark on programmes promoting ?immorality.?<br>?We are facing development challenges, why spend money on homosexuality??Nikanor asked.<br>Supporting her, Oranjemund Constituency Councillor Toivo Nambala, said: ?They?re brandishing a funny project.?
(PDF - 79 Kb) Document Date: 18 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 116)
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Namibia: Gays and Lesbians left out of Aids policy-lac-By Behind the Mask-03/26/07-http://www.mask.org.za/printpage.php?id=1546 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Once again, we see the retrogression of rights by the continued marginalisation of social groups, such as the gay and lesbian community," said Norman Tjombe, Director of the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC).<br>"In the previous drafts of the Policy, the LGBT community was recognised as a vulnerable community and tangible solutions were to be undertaken to ensure that AIDS and HIV is prevented and its impact is mitigated.<br>The removal of the LGBT community in the adopted draft now leaves a big gap in the policy framework, with the attendant negative consequences, such as the increased marginalisation and discrimination of community already facing severe legal and social obstacles," Tjombe said in a statement.
(PDF - 78 Kb) Document Date: 26 Mar 2007 (Downloads: 101)
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Namibia: TRP Lashes at swapo President-By Behind the Mask-08/07/06-http://www.mask.org.za/printpage.php?id=1284 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Former Namibian president and leader of Swapo, Sam Nujoma?s attack on national society for human rights? director as ?homosexual?, had been condemned by The Rainbow Project (TRP) recently.<br>TRP ? the only lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organisation in that country believes Nujoma?s taunts at Phil ya Nangolo is undermining human rights and dignity.<br>In a TRP statement, the organisation says; ?We appeal to fellow human rights activists and all Namibians to continue fighting and speaking out for the marginalised groups of this country and indeed the world.?
(PDF - 74 Kb) Document Date: 7 Aug 2006 (Downloads: 149)
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Urgency Required - Gay and Lesbian Rights are Human Rights- a report about LGBT rights in the context of human rights.- Hivos, Edited by Ireen Dubel and André Hielkema, 01/31/10: http://www.hivos.net/Hivos-Knowledge-Programme/Themes/Urgency-Required (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
[This book is an expanded English version of Urgentie Geboden (in Dutch), ISBN 978-90-6665-
967-4, that also appeared as Issue 33 / 34 (June 2008) of the Journal for Humanistics (ISSN
1567-7117)] <br><br>
In 2009 homophobia appears to be the last accepted prejudice, where racism is rejected, anti-Semitism is condemned, and the oppression of women has lost its legitimacy. <br><br>
Urgency Required. Gay and Lesbian Rights are Human Rights analyses the legal and political situation in different countries around the globe. Personal accounts from people living in those countries are also included. Two chapters take a closer look at significant developments in the history of LGBT and human rights politics like the Montreal Declaration of Human LGBT Rights and the Yogyakarta Principles, and theoretical discussion of terminology and concepts isn't neglected either. Urgency Required is certainly worth a read for anyone interested in LGBT politics.
(PDF - 5,163 Kb) Document Date: 31 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 155)
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Death sentence: gay Syrian teenager facing deportation - By Kurt Bayer Published Date:16 March 2008: http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/latestnews/Death-sentence-gay-Syrian-teenager.3883009.jp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Yakob fled his homeland two years ago after managing to survive a harrowing ordeal at the hands of Syrian police and prison guards, when he was arrested for distributing anti-government leaflets. <br><br>
Following his transfer from police interrogation, prison guards soon discovered that Yakob, a member of the repressed Kurdish minority in the Arab state, was homosexual. He then suffered horrific beatings and was assaulted so badly that he fell into a coma. After being transferred to hospital, he managed to flee to Lebanon making for London, holed up in a lorry."
(PDF - 320 Kb) Document Date: 16 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 110)
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LGBT rights in Syria -by Wikipedia on 01/25/10: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Syria (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) persons in Syria face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity is still considered illegal in Syria?however, instances of persecution are limited to nonexistent." <br><br> Laws against homosexuality<br>
Article 520 of the penal code of 1949, prohibits having homosexual relations, i.e. "carnal knowledge against the order of nature", and provides for at least three-years imprisonment. the homosexual people face punishement between three years in jail could rich stonning accorsding to islamic traditions .
(PDF - 125 Kb) Document Date: 25 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 190)
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Syria: Treatment and human rights situation of homosexuals: Legal provisions concerning homosexual activity; social treatment of homosexuals (including the issue of 'honour killings') - 05/22/09: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,4565c2253b,4565c25f48b,4a16a9d92,0.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), Syria: Treatment and human rights situation of homosexuals: Legal provisions concerning homosexual activity; social treatment of homosexuals (including the issue of 'honour killings'), 22 May 2009, a-6753, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a16a9d92.html [accessed 29 January 2010]
(PDF - 378 Kb) Document Date: 22 May 2009 (Downloads: 191)
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Syria: Victory in Gay Asylum Case - by White & Case LLP: A Global Law Firm, on Globally Noted - Pro Bono Matters, 04/06/09: http://www.whitecase.com/publications_04062009_1/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"White & Case recently won a case for our pro bono client Mr. A, a young man from Syria who sought asylum in the United States for his past persecution and fear of future persecution related to his sexual orientation. Mr. A was referred to White & Case through Immigration Equality, an organization specializing in LGBT asylum cases." <br><br> "Although Mr. A had not suffered persecution at the hands of the government of Syria, White & Case was able to show that he would never be able to live openly as a gay man in his native country and would always face the risk of persecution because of his sexual orientation. As part of Mr. A's application for asylum, White & Case provided expert affidavits demonstrating that homosexuality is a crime in Syria, punishable by a term of three years in prison. We were also able to show that homosexuality carries a strong stigma in Syrian society, which could potentially motivate Mr. A's family or community to punish him for the shame he would bring to his family because of his sexual orientation. White & Case further demonstrated that in the event that Mr. A's family learned of his sexual orientation and decided to restore the family's honor by punishing Mr. A, the Syrian government would likely not step in to protect him."
(PDF - 119 Kb) Document Date: 6 Apr 2009 (Downloads: 126)
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Syrian gays edge gingerly out of the closet - By Roueida Mabardi (AFP) on 06/02/09: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g1exXPToXhY8l9aLmQTCTD-JPCPQ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
But the battle to change attitudes towards homosexuality in Syria will not be an easy one.<br><br>
Bassam, a driver, says he "is disgusted" merely by the idea of it. He sees homosexuality as a sickness. "They should seek treatment," he adds of gays. <br><br> In December last year, 67 countries signed the first ever statement on sexual orientation and gender identity at the UN General Assembly, sponsored by France and the Netherlands. <br><br>
But 60 other UN member states signed an opposition motion read out by Syria and supported by other Arab nations.
(PDF - 201 Kb) Document Date: 2 Jun 2009 (Downloads: 217)
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Syrian Law and society treat homosexuals as criminals or perverts- By an IWPR-trained reporter on 01/19/10: http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201001194445/Culture/syrian-law-and-society-treat-homosexuals-as-criminals-or-perverts.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"They also suffer from discrimination on the part of the state that considers homosexual acts as ?moral offences? punishable by up to three years in prison. <br><br>
The Syrian penal code prohibits "carnal knowledge against the order of nature", which is mostly used to criminalises sodomy, so lesbians are less liable to be persecuted than gay men.<br><br>
An official who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the authorities do not recognise gay rights and homosexuality was rejected by Syrian society and culture. <br><br>
?For gays and lesbians not to be subjected to mistreatment or harassment, they must keep their sexuality concealed,? he said.
(PDF - 479 Kb) Document Date: 19 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 124)
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MSMGF calls on new administration in Honduras to condemn extreme levels of violence - by The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) on 01/27/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Police inaction and government silence have fostered an environment where
violence against LGBT people carries no consequence. No arrests have been
made for any of the cases cited by IGLHRC, many of which were reported to
have been committed in public. Of the 171 cases identified by CIPRODEH,
arrests have been made in only three."
(PDF - 282 Kb) Document Date: 27 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 197)
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Angola: 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: decriminalise sexual activity between consenting adults, particularly with regard to sanctions for acts ?against the order of nature?.
(PDF - 88 Kb) Document Date: 19 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 187)
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