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NIGERIA : Homosexual pastor on the run ! - Written by Ebun Babalola, Vanguard Newspaper - 09/19/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
When Saturday Vanguard visited plot 145 flat 1, Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos, where Rev. Rowland Olajide Macaulay, the gay pastor lives, the apartment was locked. It was learnt that the reverend had left his house on Saturday September 13, immediately after a national Newspaper carried the story of his homosexual church.
(PDF - 100 Kb) Document Date: 19 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 358)
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NIGERIA'S ANTI-GAY WITCH-HUNT - 18 ARRESTS IN BAUCHI STATE - By Peter Tatchell, London - The Guardian - 08/29/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
There are vociferous local demands for the men to be stoned to death. At last week?s court hearing, an angry mob of Muslim homophobes assembled outside the court. They shouted anti-gay epithets and demanded that all 18 men be sentenced to death. Furious at the judge?s decision to opt for non-death penalty charges, they pelted the defendants with rocks as they left the court, attacked the police, and attempted to lynch the judge and to set the court building ablaze, according to the Nigerian newspaper, ThisDay Online. To their credit, the Nigerian police protected the defendants, firing tear gas canisters and shooting their guns in the air to disperse the queer-bashing mob.
(PDF - 79 Kb) Document Date: 29 Aug 2007 (Downloads: 327)
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Petition Against Media Hounding of Gay Community In Nigeria - Published by MrDoGood - 09/21/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Recently, the Nation, the PM News, the Vanguard, The Sunday Sun, etc, have published articles on the House of Rainbow Metropolitan Community Church with photographs, names, physical addresses of individuals, members and friends of the church and its leadership. They have set up Lesbian, Gay, Bi=sexual, Transgender/sexual and Intersex (LGBTI) persons, communities and human rights defenders as targets of violence
(PDF - 63 Kb) Document Date: 21 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 406)
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Reactions Trail Gay meeting in Nigeria - Channels Television - 09/22/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Gay issues have continued to provoke reactions among Nigerian religious, even as a two-day meeting was recently held by homosexuals in the country where only men, some dressed like women, were allowed into the heavily secured venue.
(PDF - 45 Kb) Document Date: 22 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 323)
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Dominican Republic: BLOQUEAN INICIATIVAS-ASA: Discriminación en bares gay es muestra de homofobia e intolerancia-Discrimination in gay bars a sample of homophobia and discrimination- Published on the cover of Clave Digital on 06/21/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
El director ejecutivo de la ONG "Amigos siempre amigos" señaló que los sucesos ocurridos en la discoteca Arena y el bar PUnto afectan la labor de prevención sobre VIH que realiza la entidad en los bares de la comunidad homosexual y lesbica.<br><br>
The executive director of the NGO "Friends always friends" pointed out that the events which happened in the disco Arena and the bar Punto affect the labor of prevention about HIV which the group has carried out in the bars in the homosexual and lesbian community.
(PDF - 154 Kb) Document Date: 21 Jun 2006 (Downloads: 436)
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South Korean army discharges gays- Rex Wockner International News #618 - 02/27/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
South Lorea's army discharged eight people in 2005 after they came out as gay, the Korea Times reported Feb. 17<br><br>
The force bans soldiers with abnormal sexual identities, the newspaper said.
Gay groups recently urged the military to try harder to protect gay conscripts from antigay abuse or to offer them an alternative form of military service.
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(PDF - 27 Kb) Document Date: 27 Feb 2006 (Downloads: 426)
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Uganda: Amnesty International-2005 Human Rights Report- 08/16/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The climate of hostility against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people persisted and discriminatory legislation against sexual minorities remained in force. SEcurity agents continued to harass members of the LGBT community, causing gay rights activists at one of the main universities to fear for their personal safety.
(PDF - 48 Kb) Document Date: 16 Aug 2005 (Downloads: 443)
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Unete a Nicaragua- Join Nicaragua- Amnesty International 12/06/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Shared in common act is postponed, from protest against the law of "sodomia" in Nicaragua AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. ACTIVISTS LGBT WILL BE RECEIVED BY the NICARAGUAN AMBASSADOR IN MEXICO the Group 44 LGBT to them will maintain informed, like part of our campaign in AI
(PDF - 83 Kb) Document Date: 6 Dec 2005 (Downloads: 413)
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2008 Hate Crime Survey: Lgbt- Excerpt: C. Assaults on Gay Pride Parades and Events and the Response of Police- Rusian Federarion- Human Rights First- 09/28/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
See full 2008 Hate Crimes Report under our Sexual Minorities & HIV Status: C-Other Relevant Documents/Reports section at Asylumlaw.org<br><br>
Efforts to organize a gay pride parade in Moscow have been marred since 2006 by hostility from the city authorities, denunciations by community leaders, violent protests, and poor police protection. Most recently, in 2008, a march originally scheduled for May 31 was banned by the authorities. As a result, the official demonstration planned in front of the city hall was cancelled due to security concerns. Nevertheless, on June 1, a group of about thirty demonstrators gathered in another location?in front of a monument to Tchaikovsky?where they held a brief picket for LGBT rights before quickly dispersing.?
(PDF - 93 Kb) Document Date: 28 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 413)
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Bosnia: Sarajevo Queer Festival attacked- Rex Wockner International News # 753- 09/29/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
At least 10 people were injured -- six of whom required hospitalization
-- when dozens of hooded, bearded men shouting "Kill the gays" and
"Allahu akbar" ("God is great") attacked the opening of the first
Sarajevo Queer Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sept. 24.<br><br>
Some attendees were dragged from cars while others were chased down the
streets near the Academy of Fine Arts, site of the festival's opening
events. A police officer and two journalists also were injured.
(PDF - 21 Kb) Document Date: 29 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 340)
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Chad: hiv/aids and homosexuality in chad - case of man who have sex with men in prison -By: A Ngareyasse, T Ngarnay, D Ngarandji, T A Ganone- www.mask.org.za- 07/01/04 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
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Homosexuality in Chad is considered as a taboo subject, an immoral practice, uncalled for. It is difficult to talk about it and to sense the realities bound to it. Practice illegally, homosexuality is systematically rejected. Our observations have enabled us to notice the facts related to the treatment of homosexuals and hazards that might arise as it has to do with HIV/AIDS, specially in confined areas as a prison.
(PDF - 93 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jul 2004 (Downloads: 286)
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Denying Rights in Nigeria - on www.nytimes.com on 03/08/07: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/opinion/08thu2.html?_r=1&ei=5070&en=b94f20be37d0eed3&ex=1174021200&emc=eta1&pagewanted=print (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A poisonous piece of legislation is quickly making its way through the Nigerian National Assembly. Billed as an anti-gay-marriage act, it is a far-reaching assault on basic rights of association, assembly and expression. Chillingly, the legislation ? proposed last year by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo ? has the full and enthusiastic support of the leader of Nigeria?s powerful Anglican church. Unless the international community speaks out quickly and forcefully against the bill, it is almost certain to become law.<br><br>Homosexual acts between consenting adults are already illegal in Nigeria under a penal code that dates to the colonial period. This new legislation would impose five-year sentences on same-sex couples who have wedding ceremonies ? as well as on those who perform such services and on all who attend. The bill?s vague and dangerous prohibition on any public or private show of a ?same sex amorous relationship? ? which could be construed to cover having dinner with someone of the same sex ? would open any known or suspected gay man or lesbian to the threat of arrest at almost any time.
(PDF - 71 Kb) Document Date: 8 Mar 2007 (Downloads: 422)
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Ecuador New Constitution- Excerpt: A summary of the articles that have relevance in terms of sexual rights by Alejandra Sarda-Mulabi- Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos- 09/29/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
On Sunday, September 28, the new Ecuadorean Constitution was passed in a referemdum with 64% of the vote. There are some critiques in terms of the power that is invested in the President Office and other similar issues, but in terms of sexual rights (as well as environmental, migrants and Indigenous peoples? rights) the text of the new Constitution is extremely progressive, and shows the good results of the sustained involvement of social movements (including Feminists and LGBT) in the drafting process. Those of you who can read Spanish, please take the opportunity to read the full text, as it is also beautifully written.<br>
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Only the relevant sections have been included in the PDF. For the full text you can go to: http://www.biodiversidadla.org/objetos_relacionados/file_folder/archivos_pdf_2/constitucion_del_ecuador
(PDF - 759 Kb) Document Date: 29 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 395)
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Iraqi gay leader assassinated- Rex Wockner International News # 753- 09/29/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Baghdad head of the international group Iraqi LGBT was assassinated
in late September, activists in London reported.<br><br>
Bashar, 27, was gunned down in a barbershop.<br><br>
"Militias burst in and sprayed his body with bullets at point-blank
range," said leading British gay activist Peter Tatchell. "The exact
identity of the gunmen is unclear, but he was probably murdered by the
Islamist death squads who are targeting lesbian and gay Iraqis for
'sexual cleansing.'"
(PDF - 18 Kb) Document Date: 29 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 413)
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Larry King quizzes Ahmadinejad on gays in Iran- Rex Wockner International News # 753- 09/29/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Ahmadinejad replied: "I said it's not the way it is here (in the U.S.).
In Iran this is considered a very -- obviously most people dislike it.
And we have actually a law regarding it and the law is enforced. It is a
law that was passed. It was legislated. And it is an act that is against
human principles. A lot of things can happen. It can cause psychological
problems, social problems that affect the whole society. Remember that
God's rules are to improve human life. In our religion, this act is
forbidden and the Parliament has legislated about it. Not now, 70 years
ago. This is something that happened 70 years ago, before the Islamic
Republic became --"
(PDF - 21 Kb) Document Date: 29 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 404)
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Nigeria : Community Declares War On Homosexuals - Sunny Ojeiduma, City People Magazine - 08/08/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
City People gathered that when one Johnson Okechukwu and Augustine Okosa were caught by Mr Demian Uzoma, a Scripture Union Leader in the community, making love in an uncompleted building belonging to a Catholic Church, Uzoma raised an alarm which prompted many members of the community to hurry down to the scene of the action but unfortunately the victims left their clothes and ran into the nearby bush. The Scripture Union Leader who claimed to be an ardent born again Christian, narrated his experience to the surging crowd who spontaneously gave a hot chase to the alleged homosexuals in the surrounding bush. Luck ran out of the accused persons as they were caught hiding inside different parts of the bush in their nakedness. The arrest of the accused homosexuals was highly celebrated by the crowd who are mostly youth of Christian and Moslem religions as they handed down instant jungle justice on them.
(PDF - 607 Kb) Document Date: 8 Aug 2007 (Downloads: 422)
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Nigeria : Still On Popular Imam's Daughter Who Is A Lesbian - Jimmy Enyeh, City People Magazine - 04/25/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
So bad is the situation that her father, a very revered Imam has been stripped of his religious title of Chief Imam. While her mother has been banished by the elders of the predominantly Muslim community. She was told never to return to the town until she's able to produce her daughter. Hasfat's father, Alhaji Abdul, confirmed that his daughter is a lesbian. He based his argument on his daughter's intimate affairs with other women. "She is my daughter, I have observed her closely and found out that she was involved in the act of lesbianism. I tried to make her do away with the shameful and evil act but she was determined to continue until she was caught", Hasfat's father told the elders.
(PDF - 547 Kb) Document Date: 25 Apr 2007 (Downloads: 428)
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Police arrest Ugandan activists- Rex Wockner International News # 753- 09/29/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Georgina Oundo and Brenda Kiiza were taken into custody at Oundo's home
in the village of Nabweru near Kampala and held at the Nabweru Police
Post for a week.<br><br>
They were beaten, kicked, denied food and urged to reveal names and
addresses of other gay activists, IGLHRC said. Police also copied the
activists' cell-phone address books, according to Human Rights Watch.
(PDF - 18 Kb) Document Date: 29 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 375)
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Serbia: Belgrade Queer Festival attacked- Rex Wockner International News #753- 09/29/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Ten masked protesters attacked 25 people leaving an event of the 5th
Queer Belgrade Festival Sept. 19 in Serbia, injuring four people.<br><br>
One of the injured individuals was American and another Russian. Two of
the attackers were arrested.<br><br>
The Queer Belgrade Collective issued a statement demanding police locate
and arrest the remaining perpetrators and punish them in a proper and
timely manner.
(PDF - 17 Kb) Document Date: 29 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 277)
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Taipei holds massive gay pride march- news.theage.com.au- 09/28/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Taiwan government has promised to promote equal rights for homosexuals, but has yet to legalise same-sex marriage.<br><br>
In some cities, there have been reports of police harassment of gathering places for homosexuals, but public acceptance of homosexuals has been growing each year, and some analysts say Taipei has become something of a Mecca for homosexuals in Asia.
(PDF - 34 Kb) Document Date: 28 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 387)
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