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Iran's gay exiles seek help in Turkey- by ?afak Timur- www.hurriyet.com.tr- 12/01/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This is why Iranian LGBTs, like many other oppressed groups, are looking for ways to flee their home country and many use Turkey as a temporary stop, until their asylum applications elsewhere are approved. <br><br>
Arsham Parsi, an Iranian gay rights activist and founder of the Canada-based organization "Iranian Queer Railroad," tries to help asylum-seeking Iranian LGBTs during the lengthy and often painful asylum process. As he was a refugee himself in the past, Parsi knows personally the difficulties Iranian homosexuals endure while trying to escape, having experienced it first hand on his own "trip" from Iran to Canada, through Turkey.
(PDF - 65 Kb) Document Date: 1 Dec 2008 (Downloads: 271)
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Jamaica urged to recognise Court of Human Rights-by Byron Buckley, Associate editor- www.jamaica-gleaner.com- 11/30/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
THE INTER-AMERICAN Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is bemoaning the fact that Jamaica, has not yet recognised the jurisdiction of the commission's Court of Human Rights.<br><br>
"It is extremely important for either this, or a future administration in Jamaica, to accept the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for many reasons," Dr Santiago Canton, executive secretary of the IACHR told The Sunday Gleaner last week. "Among these reasons is the fact that Jamaica has an outstanding judge at the court - Margarette Macaulay," he pointed out.<br><br>Addressing the matter of homosexuality, Canton disclosed the commission's view that "you cannot discriminate based on sexuality at all. That's very clear in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights." He stated that this was strictly a legal perspective based on the legal instrument, which is mainly the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights. He said the commissioners, while here, would be discussing issues regarding safety and security, as well as the issue of gay, lesbians and homosexuals and the bisexual community.
(PDF - 251 Kb) Document Date: 30 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 260)
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Mexico: Persisten violaciones a derechos de personas con VIH: CNDH- Rights violations persist against people with HIV: [National Commission on Human Rights] by Nurit Martínez Carballo, www.eluniversal.com.mx- 11/30/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Mexico is far from completing the objectives raised by the United Nations guaranteeing the defense of the fundamental rights of people who live with the HIV virus or who have developed AIDS, since up to now there have been 848 complaints about the continuation of prejudicial incidents such as machismo, racism and homophobia, which cause or aggravate violatins of their fundamental rights, assures the National Commission on Human Rights.<br><br>México está lejos de cumplir con los objetivos planteados por Naciones Unidas de garantizar la defensa de los derechos fundamentales de las personas que viven con el Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH) o han desarrollado el Sida, puesto que hasta ahora suman 848 denuncias sobre la persistencia de prejuicios y fenómenos como el machismo, el racismo y la homofobia, que ocasionan o agravan las violaciones de los sus derechos fundamentales, asegura la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos.<br><br>
Previo a que este 1 de diciembre se cumplan 20 años de la declaratoria del "Día mundial del SIDA", la CNDH considera que no obstante los esfuerzos para combatir esa pandemia, en México 39 personas se quejaron, en este año, de ser víctimas de violaciones a sus garantías fundamentales por ser portadores del virus VIH.
(PDF - 58 Kb) Document Date: 30 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 365)
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Venezuela HIV: Exigen prueba para ingresar o mantener un trabajo -To obtain or maintain a job a test is required- www.entornointeligente.com- 12/01/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Una de las preocupaciones que tienen actualmente las organizaciones civiles dedicadas a la atención y defensa de las personas que viven con el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) es la realización de la prueba de VIH en el campo laboral, en entes públicos y privados, sin consentimiento de las personas, hecho que viola el derecho al trabajo y a la intimidad
(PDF - 52 Kb) Document Date: 1 Dec 2008 (Downloads: 265)
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Mapping Transgender Groups, Organisations and Networks in South Asia- APCOM- 07/30/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
With support from Hivos and UNAIDS respectively APCOM has developed two mapping reports for MSM and Transgender organizations is South Asia.
These mapping reports were produced as part of a larger strategy for mapping MSM and TG organisations in the Asia and Pacific region, and provision of networking support for such organizations in areas where there has been limited development. This process is being supported by Hivos.<br><br>
http://www.msmasia.org/tl_files/resources/APCOM%20Report%202%20TG%20Mapping%20South%20Asia.pdf<br><br>
The Asia Paci?c Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM) is a regional coalition of MSM and HIV community-based
organisations and networks, the government sector, donors, technical experts and the UN system. The main purpose is
advocating for political support and increases in investment and coverage of HIV services for males who have sex with
males (MSM) and transgenders in Asia and the Paci?c. APCOM promotes the principles of good practice and lessons learnt
by bringing together representatives from diverse groups in an effort to share experience, knowledge and expertise. The
APCOM website includes additional resource materials including this Report, Policy Briefs, Commentaries, reports, news
stories and APCOM membership registration. <br><br>
For more information, please visit www.msmasia.org.
(PDF - 1,072 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jul 2008 (Downloads: 761)
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Report on mapping of MSM groups, organisations and networks in South Asia- APCOM- 11/03/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
With support from Hivos and UNAIDS respectively APCOM has developed two mapping reports for MSM and Transgender organizations is South Asia.
These mapping reports were produced as part of a larger strategy for mapping MSM and TG organisations in the Asia and Pacific region, and provision of networking support for such organizations in areas where there has been limited development. This process is being supported by Hivos.
You can access these two reports in the APCOM website via the following URLs:<br><br>
http://www.msmasia.org/tl_files/resources/APCOM%20Report%203%20MSM%20Mapping%20South%20Asia.pdf<br><br>Conclusions <br>
The population of South Asia is approximately 1.6 billion people (more than China?s 1.3 billion), and yet only
179 groups, networks and organizations providing HIV services for MSM were identi?ed across the 9 coun-
tries. And of these, only 116 were MSM community-based organizations. This is grossly inadequate in terms of
coverage, in a time of a growing HIV crisis among MSM,7 and where the demand is for universal access to HIV
prevention, treatment, care and support services appropriate to the issues, needs and concerns of the broad
diversity of MSM risks and vulnerabilities. <br><br>
This in equity between need and service provision highlights the level of stigma and discrimination by a broad
range of stakeholders, not only at institutional levels of government and donors, but also at state and local lev-
els. It also highlights the urgent need to provide support for community development and mobilising of MSM
to be able to respond more effectively to the HIV crisis. In fact, the lack of MSM coverage is itself a crisis. This
means expanding the level of appropriate technical assistance and support, along with mentoring and capacity
development for local groups and networks to mobilise around the issue of sexual health needs and concerns
for their constituents. <br><br>
Are we still in the dark days of ?silence = death??
(PDF - 815 Kb) Document Date: 3 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 719)
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Burundi's parliament votes to ban gay sex- Rex Wockner International News #761- 11/24/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The parliament of the Central African nation of Burundi voted to
specifically criminalize gay sex Nov. 22 as part of a package of more
than 600 legal changes that included abolition of the death penalty,
news reports said.<br><br>According to Amnesty International, male-male sex previously was banned
and punished under laws governing "immoral acts."
(PDF - 23 Kb) Document Date: 24 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 274)
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Burundi: Government Moves to Criminalize Homosexuality; Activist Groups Express Outrage- IGLHRC 11/24/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
For Immediate Release, November 24, 2008<br>
Media Contact: Hossein Alizadeh, 212-430-6016, halizadeh@iglhrc.org<br><br>
(New York, November 24, 2008) - In an unexpected move, the National Assembly of Burundi passed a law on Friday November 21, 2008, making same-sex acts punishable by between 3 months and two years in prison, along with a substantial fine. The following day, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and the Association pour le Respect et les Droits des Homosexuels (ARDO) issued strongly worded letters to the entire membership of Burundi?s Senate, asking them to vote against the legislation, which would criminalize homosexuality for the first time in the history of the country. The Senate may vote on the bill as early as tomorrow and if it passes Burundian President Nkurunziza will likely sign it into law.
(PDF - 90 Kb) Document Date: 24 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 292)
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Euro MPs seek intervention in Iranian asylum case - Rex Wockner International Nesw #761- 11/24/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Thirteen members of the European Parliament urged the European
Commission to quickly intervene in a gay Iranian's asylum case in Cyprus
on Nov. 21, the parliament's Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights
reported.<br><br>"According to reports, the government of Cyprus has rejected an
application of an Iranian gay asylum seeker on the ground of his sexual
orientation," the MEPs wrote to the commission, suggesting that the move
likely violated Council of Europe directives because Iran is not "a safe
country for gay Iranian asylum seekers to be returned to."
(PDF - 22 Kb) Document Date: 24 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 344)
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Malaysia: Sunday Interview: Fatwa on 'pengkid' to prevent lesbianism- By ANIZA DAMIS, www.nst.com.my- 11/23/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
EXACTLY one month ago, the National Fatwa Council made a decision against women who dressed like men, denouncing it as haram. This has been met with anger, protest, and mainly, confusion, as to what exactly it is that the fatwa condemns. ANIZA DAMIS speaks to Malaysian De partment of Islamic Development (Jakim) director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abd Aziz to get a clearer picture of the issue. (This is a translation of the interview, which was conducted in Bahasa Malaysia)
(PDF - 108 Kb) Document Date: 23 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 483)
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Mexico Transvestites To Get New IDs-Mexico City ordinance allows new gender to be official- www.laht.com- Latin American Herald Tribune- 11/25/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
MEXICO CITY -- Transsexuals in Mexico City can get new - and altered - identity documents starting Monday if they provide a birth certificate and a medical certificate to local authorities thanks to a new municipal ordinance.<br><br>
Those eligible for the benefit are those people who have a report issued by two specialists certifying that they have undergone - or are in the process of undergoing - a sex-change procedure, whether or not it involves surgery.
(PDF - 137 Kb) Document Date: 25 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 390)
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Submission for URGENT APPEAL concerning LEGISLATION IN BURUNDI- Quick Response Desk Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights- 11/24/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Facts on Which Appeal is Based<br><br>
This submission is issued in response to a new penal code, passed by Burundi?s National Assembly on Saturday 22 November, which criminalizes homosexuality and makes consensual same-sex acts punishable by up to two years in prison.<br><br>
Sub-section 3 of Article 563 of the code states that ?any person having sexual relations with a person of the same sex is to be punished with a prison sentence of between three months and two years and a fine of between fifty and a hundred thousand francs, or one of these sanctions only?.<br><br>
The law is expected to go before Burundi?s Senate early this week and will then be promulgated by the President.<br><br>
The criminalization of homosexuality is a violation of the rights to privacy, equality and non-discrimination enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights and the African Charter of Human and People?s Rights. It would also prevent these individuals and communities from enjoying other rights
(PDF - 124 Kb) Document Date: 24 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 367)
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UNHCR GUIDANCE NOTE ON REFUGEE CLAIMS RELATING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY -United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section Division of International Protection Services Geneva- 11/21/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Table of Contents <br><br>
I. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................4 <br>
II. SUBSTANTIVE ANALYSIS..................................................................................................................6 <br>
A. BACKGROUND........................................................................................................................................6 <br>
B. WELL-FOUNDED FEAR OF PERSECUTION..................................................................................7 <br>
i. Laws criminalizing homosexual conduct.......................................................................................10 <br>
ii. Fear of future persecution...............................................................................................................12 <br>
iii. Avoiding persecution.....................................................................................................................12 <br>
iv. Agents of persecution.....................................................................................................................13 <br>
v. The causal link (?for reasons of?)..................................................................................................14 <br>
C. CONVENTION GROUNDS..............................................................................................................14 <br>
D. INTERNAL FLIGHT / RELOCATION ALTERNATIVE.................................................................15 <br>
E. BURDEN OF PROOF AND CREDIBILITY (ASSESSMENT).........................................................16 <br>
F. SUR PLACE CLAIMS........................................................................................................................17 <br>
III. CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................18
(PDF - 332 Kb) Document Date: 21 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 242)
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Venezuela: Declaration from the president of Accion Solicaria, a Venezuelan AIDS Service Organization [ASO] in support of a gay HIV Venezuelan asylum seeker in the USA [sanitized]- 01/07/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 170 Kb) Document Date: 7 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 333)
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Transgender people face fear and hate across Europ- by LEIGH PHILLIPS- euobserver.com- 11/21/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Attitudes towards gays and lesbians in much of Europe and around the world may have made remarkable advances over the last 20 years, even if some regions of the EU are more hospitable than others. But for transgender people, discrimination, marginalisation and outright hostility remain part of daily experience.<br><br>
Transsexual people are often fired from their jobs when undergoing gender reassignment procedures. They are turfed out of their apartments, refused insurance and confronted with bigotry within the health community. Gender non-conformity is still used as an excuse for harassment, violence and even murder
(PDF - 880 Kb) Document Date: 21 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 254)
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3 men sentenced to hard labor for being gay in Cameroon - Published by The Associated Press/The International Herald Tribune - 01/16/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A Cameroonian court has sentenced three men accused of being homosexuals to six months hard labor, their attorney Alice Nkom said on Wednesday.<br><br>Under Cameroon's penal code, homosexuality is a crime carrying a maximum penalty of three years in jail and a fine of up to 200,000 African francs (USD$450). Several countries in Africa, notably Nigeria, treat homosexuality as a punishable crime.
(PDF - 60 Kb) Document Date: 16 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 254)
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Egypt-TURING: The case for a boycott - By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk - 08/17/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The United States, not particularly known for its gay rights record, surprised a good many people in 2005 when its State Department, in its annual report on human rights, included for the first time a list of countries guilty of LGBT abuses.<BR><BR> P. S. In case you were wondering, the ten countries singled out by the US were Uganda, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, UAE, Cameroon, Poland, Nepal and India, in that order.
(PDF - 221 Kb) Document Date: 17 Aug 2007 (Downloads: 308)
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IGLHRC works on behalf of detainees in Cameroon - Published by OUTSPOKEN, IGLHRC - 10/31/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
EXCERPT :<BR>
On May 21, 2005, Cameroonian law enforcement agents stormed an outdoor nightclub popular with the local gay and lesbian community in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, and arrested several dozen people.<br><br>While homosexuality itself is not a crime, Article 347 of Cameroon's penal code makes sodomy an offense punishable by up to five years in prison.
(PDF - 984 Kb) Document Date: 31 Oct 2006 (Downloads: 391)
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Love, hate and the law: decriminalizing homosexuality- Amnesty International- 07/04/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Index Number: POL 30/003/2008<br>
Date Published: 4 July 2008<br><br>
The paper explores the different legal approaches to criminalizing homosexuality, including less direct approaches that may not explicitly criminalize same-sex sexual conduct but instead seek to prevent the promotion of homosexuality, protect children, or respond to public health concerns. Decriminalization is not the whole answer, but it is a key step towards respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, same-sex practicing and transgender people.
(PDF - 3,012 Kb) Document Date: 4 Jul 2008 (Downloads: 289)
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NIGERIA : Anglican bishop calls LGBT people inhuman - By Gemma Pritchard - 09/11/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Anglican Bishop of Uyo, Rt. Rev. Isaac Orama, this month condemned the activities of homosexuals and lesbians, and described those engaged in them as "insane people".<BR><BR> In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, earlier this month, Orama said: "Homosexuality and lesbianism are inhuman. Those who practice them are insane, satanic and are not fit to live because they are rebels to God's purpose for man."
(PDF - 162 Kb) Document Date: 11 Sep 2007 (Downloads: 328)
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