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Meanwhile, in Senegal - International pressure on Uganda is important, but other nations remain havens of anti-LGBT oppression -by Cary Alan Johnson and Ryan Thoreson on 01/21/10: http://www.metroweekly.com (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Take Senegal, for instance, where homosexuality has been illegal since 1965. The last two years have seen a dramatic escalation in homophobic persecution and violence, largely unnoticed by the international community and the world media. The country has experienced waves of arrests, detentions, and attacks on individuals by anti-gay mobs, fueled by media sensationalism and a harsh brand of religious fundamentalism. Police have rounded up men and women on charges of homosexuality, detained them under inhumane conditions, and sentenced them with or without proof of having committed any offense. Families and communities have turned on those suspected of being gay or lesbian. In cities throughout the county, the corpses of men presumed to have been gay have been disinterred and unceremoniously abandoned. As the international community has laudably warned Uganda on the progress of its nonsensical law, arrests on charges related to homosexuality in Senegal -- five men in Darou Mousty in June, a man in Touba in November, and 24 men celebrating at a party in Saly Niax Niaxal on Christmas Eve -- continue largely unnoticed."
(PDF - 72 Kb) Document Date: 21 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 182)
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Pakistan: Gay man gets refugee status in S. Korea- UPI, http://www.upi.com on 01/03/10: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/01/03/Gay-man-gets-refugee-status-in-S-Korea/UPI-57001262571670/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"SEOUL, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A South Korean court Sunday granted refugee status to a Pakistani man who said his life was endangered in his country because he is gay." <br><br>
"The Seoul court reversed an earlier Justice Ministry ruling that rejected the man's petition on the basis that it failed to meet the United Nation's refugee criterion of a "well-founded fear of being persecuted," Yonhap News Agency reported." <br><br>
"My life, as a homosexual, was in danger in my country. My family
and relatives were my enemy. They said I was insulting my family, Islam and my country and threatened that they would report me to police," said the man, who was not identified by the news agency."
(PDF - 52 Kb) Document Date: 3 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 191)
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Piden frenar discriminación de las minorías sexuales - A halt to discrimination against sexual minorities is sought- by www.larepublica.pe on 01/17/10: http://www.larepublica.pe/archive/all/larepublica/20100117/29/node/244699/todos/13 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"CIDH se pronuncia. Apoya a sectores postergados. Es un problema que se presenta en todos los países de la región, indica Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos." <br><br> "Luego de escuchar las denuncias de diferentes actores sociales, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) instó a los Estados de la región a tomar medidas urgentes para frenar y prevenir la discriminación a ciertos sectores postergados de la sociedad, entre ellos, las minorías sexuales."<br><br>
"CIDH (Interamerican Commission on Human Rights) announces: Aid to neglected sectors. It is a problem which presents itself in all of the countries of the region, indicates the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights."<br><br>
"After listening to the accusations of different social plaintiffs, the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) insisted that the Governments of the area take urgent measures to stop and prevent discrimination against certain neglected sectors of the society, among them, sexual minorities."
(PDF - 295 Kb) Document Date: 17 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 119)
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AFRICA: Crackdowns on gays make the closet safer - Source: IRIN, /www.alertnet.org on 01/19/10::http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/ad48dc979c5a86ba075f27cea56c9d4f.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Senegal, Egypt, Gambia, South Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria <br><br> JOHANNESBURG, 19 January 2010 (IRIN) - More than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalizing homosexual acts, and despite accounting for a significant percentage of new infections in many countries, men who have sex with men tend to be left out of the HIV response. <br><br>
"[They] are going underground; they are hiding themselves and continuing to fuel the epidemic," UNAIDS executive director Michél Sidibé told IRIN/PlusNews recently. "We need to make sure these vulnerable groups have the same rights everyone enjoys: access to information, care and prevention for them and their families."
(PDF - 85 Kb) Document Date: 19 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 189)
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Accused homosexuals get maximum sentence and fine - By Abeli Zahabu (BTM French Reporter) on www.mask.org.za, 01/21/08: http://www.mask.org.za/printpage.php?id=1795 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Presently homosexuals in Cameroon live in fear and suspicion in their own country because of threats of arrest outlioned in section 347 of the penal code which criminalises homosexuality. <br><br>
According to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), more than 30 people have been arrested in Cameroon during the last two years on charges of homosexuality despite an October 2006 ruling by the United Nations that termed such arrests to be arbitrary and unfair."
(PDF - 69 Kb) Document Date: 21 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 202)
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Amnesty Pleads to Pope Over Plight of Cameroonian Gays- by www.cameroononline.org on 03/19/09: http://www.cameroononline.org/2009/03/19/amnesty-pleads-to-pope-over-plight-of-cameroonian-gays/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The Cameroonian Penal Code criminalises same-sex sexual relations. Amnesty International has documented the arrest and detention of several dozen young men and women some of whom, over the last three years, have been sentenced to prison terms and fines for allegedly engaging in consensual same-sex sexual relations."
(PDF - 175 Kb) Document Date: 19 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 242)
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Cameroon refuses to release acquitted homosexuals - by www.africafiles.org on 05/03/06: http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=11818 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The Cameroonian government has refused to release nine men jailed on charges of homosexuality despite their 21 April acquittal, gay activists claim. In a further travesty of justice, the government is said to be forcing the men to stand trial again. The nine men have been detained in Kondegui Prison in Yaoundé for nearly a year. According to the New York-based International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), the nine men have been treated unfairly ever since they were detained. "At their initial trial, no witnesses were called, and no proof was offered by the prosecution," IGLHRC claims. On that basis, Judge Tonye, the magistrate overseeing the case, had declared the men innocent of all charges. Homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon. "
(PDF - 113 Kb) Document Date: 3 May 2006 (Downloads: 224)
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Cameroon: Academic challenges un-african myth - By Joel Nama (BTM Fellow) on www.mask.org.za, 11/09/06: http://www.mask.org.za/printpage.php?id=1392 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The author, who advocates for non-discrimination and the respect for sexual orientation, had many times been victim of harassments from the Cameroonian government and the press for his opinions on non-discrimination. <br><br>
?In Cameroon, you?d better not be gay, gay-friendly or even do a neutral questioning on homosexuality. That is why I decided not to launch my book here?, he contends."
(PDF - 186 Kb) Document Date: 9 Nov 2006 (Downloads: 221)
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Cameroon: Current treatment of homosexuals (April 2005) - Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Cameroon: Current treatment of homosexuals (April 2005) , 7 April 2005, CMR43509.FE , available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/42df60cb14.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Cameroon: Current treatment of homosexuals (April 2005)<br>
Several sources state that homosexuality is illegal and punishable by law in Cameroon (Country Reports 2004 28 Feb. 2005, Sec. 5; France 21 Sept. 2004; Cameroon-Info.net 21 July 2004; Minorités.org 22 Dec. 2003). The Cameroonian penal code calls for a prison sentence of between 6 months and 5 years and a fine ranging from 20,000 to 200,000 CFA francs [approximately CAN$48.92 to $489.20 (Bank of Canada Mar. 2005)] for any person who engages in sexual acts with a person of the same sex (Minorités.org 22 Dec. 2003; Country Reports 2004 28 Feb. 2005, Sec. 5; United Kingdom 12 May 2004, Sec. 12.1). Prosecution under this law, however, is rare (Country Reports 2004 28 Feb. 2005, Sec. 5; see also United Kingdom 12 May 2004, Sec. 12.2)."
(PDF - 195 Kb) Document Date: 7 Apr 2005 (Downloads: 114)
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Deux associations demandent la dépénalisation de l'homosexualité au Cameroun / Two associations call for the decriminalization of homosexuality in Cameroon- by ilga.org/ilga/fr on 11/06/09: http://ilga.org/ilga/fr/article/m8CQK7z13v (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"PRODHOP and Alternatives-Cameroun will propose a petition and a memorandum before the National assembly in the course of November 2009 with the objective of abrogating article 347 bis of the Cameroonian criminal code which punishes "every person who has sexual intercourse with a person of the same sex" to jail for a period which can go from 6 months to 5 years and a fine between 20,000 and 200,000 CFA Francs." <br><br>
"Prodhop et Alternatives Cameroun déposeront au cours de ce mois de novembre 2009 une pétition et un mémorandum à l'Assemblée nationale en faveur de l'abrogation de l'article 347 bis du Code pénal camerounais qui punit « toute personne qui a des rapports sexuels avec une personne de son sexe » d?une peine allant de 6 mois à 5 ans de prison et d?une amende de 20 000 Fcfa à 200 000 Fcfa."
(PDF - 161 Kb) Document Date: 6 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 214)
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Gay in Uganda, and Feeling Hunted - by By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, New York Times, on 01/04/10: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/world/africa/04gay.html?pagewanted=print (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"KAMPALA, Uganda ? Isolation, insults, threats and violence: this is what Uganda?s mostly closeted gay community has dealt with for years." <br><br> ?We walk on the streets knowing that at any moment someone could be knowing you and there could be mob justice,? said Stosh Mugisha, a woman who is going through a transition to become a man. ?You feel embarrassed by someone touching you. People provoke us. But I just play it cool. Keep a low profile. It is terrible.? <br><br> ?I detest gays in my heart,? said Kassiano E. Wadri, a member of Parliament and the chief whip of the opposition. ?When I see a gay, I think that person needs psychotherapy. You need to break him.?
(PDF - 88 Kb) Document Date: 4 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 168)
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LGBTI ACTIVIST DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGE - CAMEROON - by Jerina Chendze Messie, www.mask.org.za, 11/06/09: http://www.mask.org.za/printpage.php?id=2391 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Mandeng further pointed out that upon arrival at the police station he was locked up in a cell which the officials lied and said was done to protect him. He said that for hours he was kept in custody, and had to endure insults and humiliations from policemen who "asked me questions such as why I did not like women or how I can sleep with other men and things like that." <br><br>
"Homosexuality in Cameroon is illegal, same-sex sexual acts are banned by section 347 of the penal code with a penalty of 5 years imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 to 200,000 Francs."
(PDF - 75 Kb) Document Date: 6 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 186)
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Pressure on gays intensifies after pageant shutdown: Raymond Li and Reuters on www.scmp.com 01/17/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A day after police halted a gay beauty pageant in Beijing, a prominent NGO helping Aids patients and the gay community was forced to cancel a gathering to mark the 16th anniversary of its founding.<br><br>
Officials also delayed the debut of the mainland's first state-sponsored radio programme dedicated to HIV issues.<br><br>
Wan Yanhai , founder of Aizhixing, said Beijing police told them they could not proceed with the planned anniversary celebration yesterday. Wan said he had no idea why police intervened, but said his organisation had previously run afoul of authorities for providing assistance to petitioners affected by HIV/Aids.
(PDF - 35 Kb) Document Date: 17 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 201)
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Protect Freedom of Association for Gay Rights Activists in Turkey - by Kaos GL on 1/15/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"In February 2010, a prominent LGBT rights organization in Turkey may be forced to
shut down. The Turkish authorities have been publicly opposed to the
organization's work on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
individuals. <br><br>
The Black Pink Triangle Association of Izmir (Siyah Pembe Üçgen Izmir)
is accused of acting illegally and against public morality by refusing to amend
its official charter, which affirms the right of LGBT individuals to enjoy a
life of peace and equality. Attempts to close gay rights organizations are not
new in Turkey. Public officials have unsuccessfully challenged the activities
of three groups in courts since 2005."
(PDF - 40 Kb) Document Date: 15 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 233)
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Rwanda: Lawmakers Seek to Scrap Article on Homosexuality - by Nasra Bishumba, allafrica.com on 12/23/09: http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200912230081.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Kanzaire said that the draft article within law, which is still under debate, proposes to punish those who use their sexual orientation to spread the gay gospel to minors. She said the proposal does not in any way spell out any punish for those directly engaed in the act. <br><br>
Minister for Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama, who was present at the parliamentary discussions said that contrary to different opinions and suggestions, government had no intentions to criminalise gay people for what their sexual orientation. <br><br>
Karugarama emphasied Kanzaire's point that the government did not have any intention to categorise any homosexual as a criminal unless he or she has sexually violated a minor.
(PDF - 127 Kb) Document Date: 23 Dec 2009 (Downloads: 220)
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The Violations of the Rights of Lesbians, gay, Bisexual, Transgender Person in the United Republick of Tanzania- A shadow Report- Submitted during the fourth periodic report to the U.N. Human Rights Committee 07/30/09 - IGLHRC/ Global Rights/Centre fro Human Rights Promotion: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngos/LGBT_Tanzania96.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"According to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission more than 40 gay and lesbian activists in Tanzania were arrested on charges of debauchery in 2009."
(PDF - 336 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 131)
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Gay pageant 'cancelled by police' in China - by news.bbc.co.uk on 01/15/10 :http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8461643.stm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"A Chinese gay pageant, said to be the first held in the country, was ordered by police to close an hour before opening, organisers say." <br><br> "Organisers said police informed them it could not go ahead because they had not applied "according to the procedures."
(PDF - 43 Kb) Document Date: 15 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 278)
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Human rights impact assessment of Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill - Sylvia Tamale, 01/14/10: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/61423 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This speech was given at a public dialogue on 18 November 2009, Makerere University. It is republished from the Global MSM & HIV Forum.
* Dr Sylvia Tamale is a Ugandan feminist lawyer and academic based in Kampala, Uganda. She was elected as the first female Dean of Law at Makerere University in 2004.<br>========================<br><br> "6. Perhaps the most shocking aspect of this bill is Clause 18, which requires Uganda to opt out of any international treaty that we have previously ratified that goes against the spirit of the bill. Article 287 of the Constitution obliges Uganda to fully subscribe to all its international treaties obligations ratified prior to the passing of the 2005 constitution. We cannot legislate or simply wish these obligations away. Indeed, international law prohibits us from doing such a thing. Article 26 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties clearly sets out the pacta sunt servanda rule which requires that ?Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith."
(PDF - 101 Kb) Document Date: 14 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 248)
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Ugandan Pastor and Rick Warren Pal Martin Ssempa Planning Million Man 'Kill the Gays' March -From Towleroad News on 01/15/10: http://www.connexion.org/gay-news/news?id=418970 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
" The ex-rebel leader said he had been under pressure from Western leaders. 'We want to show how many people support the bill,' Pastor Martin Ssempa told journalists in the Ugandan capital. 'We want to give a postcard that (Museveni) can send to his friend (U.S. President) Barack Obama,' Ssempa said in front of posters saying 'Africans Unite Against Sodomy' and 'Barack Obama Back Off'. He said the march was planned for February 17. Ssempa, one of Uganda's most prominent anti-gay campaigners, criticised Western nations as 'failed states' for supporting gay rights.""
(PDF - 426 Kb) Document Date: 15 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 212)
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The Council for Global Equality releases a study on the impact of PEPFAR on LGBT communities- 01/11/10: http://cfge.nonprofitsoapbox.com/storage/cfge/documents/pepfar_report_final_c.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
12 PEPFAR weaknesses <br>
15 The LGBT community <br> <br>
22 The Uganda experience <br>
25 The condom recall <br>
27 To be gay in Uganda <br> <br>
"Homosexuals are a highly stigmatized and socially excluded group in Uganda, a status that
puts them at particular risk of contracting HIV. They are both invisible and illegal to the
government of Uganda. According to the Ugandan penal code, ?Carnal knowledge of any
person against the order of nature? is a criminal offense, punishable by between 14 years
and life imprisonment. And in 2006, the Ugandan Parliament passed a constitutional
amendment making same-sex marriages illegal. <br><br>
As for the country's ABC prevention campaign, "There's no mention of gays and lesbians
in the national strategic framework," said James Kigozi of the Uganda AIDS Commission.
"These two groups [gays and lesbians] are marginal. Their numbers are negligible." 107 The
Minister of State for Health, Jim Muhwezi, insisted that Uganda's ABC approach was
adequately addressing all groups in Uganda, including homosexuals. "They don't deserve
a special message," he said. ?They shouldn't exist, and we hope they are not there. If
they do exist they are covered under the three-pronged approach of ABC and should be
content with that.?"
(PDF - 955 Kb) Document Date: 11 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 117)
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