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Greece-US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons<br><br> The constitution and the law prohibit discrimination based on race, gender, disability, language, or social status; however, the government did not respect these rights consistently in practice. Violence against women and children, trafficking in persons, and discrimination against ethnic minorities, particularly Roma, and homosexuals were problems.<br><br> Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> The NGO Greek Homosexual Community (EOK) alleged that police often abused and harassed homosexuals and transvestites and subjected them to arbitrary identity checks and bodily searches in public places.
(PDF - 106 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 355)
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Guatemala- US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> The law does not criminalize homosexuality, but it also does not expressly include sexual orientation or HIV status among the categories prohibited from discrimination. There was social discrimination against gay, lesbian, and transgender persons and persons with HIV/AIDS. Homosexual rights support groups alleged that members of the police regularly waited outside clubs and bars frequented by sexual minorities and demanded that patrons and persons engaged in commercial sexual activities provide protection money. Due to a lack of trust in the judicial system and out of fear of further persecution or social recrimination, victims were unwilling to file complaints.
(PDF - 106 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 474)
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Guinea- US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> Discrimination against homosexuals is not prohibited by law, but there are no discriminatory laws based on sexual orientation. Although there were deep social, religious, and cultural taboos against homosexuality, there were no official reports of discrimination against homosexuals. Unlike in the past, there were no reports that hospitals refused to treat patients with HIV/AIDS. There were no reports of workers being discriminated against based on HIV/AIDS status. n most prisons, men and women were held separately, but juveniles generally were held with adults in prisons outside the capital. In 2006 an international NGO reported the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS among incarcerated minor boys to be as high as 50 percent, suggesting sexual abuse. Due to the work of a local NGO, a separate facility was built in 2006 at the main prison in Conakry to house minors. Nationwide, the number of incarcerated children below the age of 18 declined by more than half to 150; one-third of them had not been formally charged or tried. Many have been imprisoned for more than six years.. A local NGO obtained legal representation for minors and its efforts resulted in a significant decrease in the number of those incarcerated. The government did not make provisions for children's food, clothing, education, or medical care in prison.
(PDF - 108 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 417)
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Haiti- US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> Societal discrimination occurred against persons with HIV/AIDS, particularly women, but educational programs sponsored by foreign donors and efforts by HIV/AIDS activists attempted to change that stigma.
(PDF - 103 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 611)
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Honduras-US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> There are no discriminatory laws based on sexual orientation, but in practice social discrimination against persons based on sexual orientation was widespread. Representatives of sexual diversity rights NGOs asserted that their members were killed, beaten, and subjected to other mistreatment by security authorities. In cases where lesbians, gays, and transgender persons were found dead, the prosecutor often encountered serious difficulties because the victims had either concealed their identity or sexual orientation or, in many cases, were hiding from their families. Criminal investigations were categorized by female or male gender but did not recognize a "transgender person" category. Sexual diversity rights groups asserted that security forces, government agencies, and private employers engaged in antigay discriminatory hiring practices. These groups also reported intimidation, fear of reprisal, and police corruption made gay and lesbian victims of abuse reluctant to file charges or proceed with prosecutions.
(PDF - 119 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 498)
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India- US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> The law punishes acts of sodomy, buggery, and bestiality; however, the law was often used to target, harass, and punish lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. Human rights groups argued that gay and lesbian rights were not addressed along with other human rights concerns in the country. Gays and lesbians faced discrimination in all areas of society, including family, work, and education. Activists reported that in most cases, homosexuals who did not hide their orientation were fired from their jobs. Homosexuals also faced physical attacks, rape, and blackmail. Police committed crimes against homosexuals and used the threat of arrest to coerce victims into not reporting the incidents.
(PDF - 120 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 355)
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Iran: The issue is torture- When talking about Iranian asylum seekers, activists should be careful not to play the Home Office's game- Scott Long -guardian.co.uk/commentisfree 03/31/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
George Galloway says gays are not executed in Iran, just rapists. Peter Tatchell says Galloway spouts "Iranian propaganda". Neither gets at the gist of Mehdi's case, or of Britain's broken obligations with regard to torture under international law.<br><br>Emotion makes discussion difficult. People asking what the evidence really is are likely to be called "apologists for Iran". Britain's slammed asylum door indeed breeds desperation. It's crucial to remember, though, that the reason asylum authorities seek pretexts to reject gay Muslims isn't "Iranian propaganda": it's home-grown propaganda stoking fears of Muslim immigration. Activists must combat racism in Britain, not just repression in Iran.
(PDF - 47 Kb) Document Date: 31 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 481)
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Iran: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Violence and legal and societal discrimination against women, ethnic and religious minorities, and homosexuals; trafficking in persons; and incitement to anti-Semitism remained problems.
Section 2 Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:
a. Freedom of Speech and Press
On August 6, the general prosecutor ordered to close the last major reformist daily Shargh. The ban placed on Shargh in September 2006 was lifted on May 14, but the paper was operational for less than three months before being closed again. The government reportedly closed the newspaper in response to a published interview with a writer accused of being a homosexual activist.
Section 5 Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br>,br>
In 2004 the judiciary formed the Special Protection Division, a volunteer unit that monitored and reported moral crimes. The law prohibited and punished homosexuality; sodomy between consenting adults was a capital crime. The punishment of a non-Muslim homosexual was harsher if the homosexual's partner was Muslim. At a speech at Columbia University in September, the president publicly denied the existence of homosexuals in the country.
According to health ministry statistics announced in October 2006, there were more than 13,000 registered HIV-positive persons in the country, but unofficial estimates were much higher; most were men. Transmission was primarily through shared needles by drug users, and a study showed shared injection inside prison to be a particular risk factor. There was a free anonymous testing clinic in Tehran, and government-sponsored low-cost or free methadone treatment for heroin addicts, including in prisons. The government also started distributing clean needles in some prisons. The government supported programs for AIDS awareness and did not interfere with private HIV-related NGOs. Contraceptives, including free condoms, were available at health centers as well as in pharmacies. Nevertheless, persons infected with HIV reportedly faced discrimination in schools and workplaces.
(PDF - 120 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 475)
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Iraq: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br>
There were continued reports of societal discrimination and reported violence against individuals based on sexual orientation.
(PDF - 120 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 401)
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Israel grants gay Palestinian residency to live with partner- Rex Wockner International News #727- 03/31/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Israel has granted residency to a 33-year-old gay Palestinian to live
with his Israeli partner in Tel Aviv because the Palestinian had
received anti-gay death threats while living in the West Bank.<br><br>
The move was unprecedented, and even straight couples rarely receive
such permission.
(PDF - 17 Kb) Document Date: 31 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 342)
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Ivory Coast - US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br> The law did not provide for the protection of homosexuals or persons living with HIV/AIDS from societal and other forms of discrimination. Societal stigmatization of these groups was widespread, and the government did not act to counter it during the year.
(PDF - 103 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 303)
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Palestine [The occupied territories]: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Section 5 Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons<br><br>
The law states that all Palestinians are equal without discrimination because of race, gender, color, religion, political views, or disability. There was societal discrimination against women, persons with disabilities, and homosexuals; child abuse also persisted.
(PDF - 124 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 457)
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Algerian transsexual returns to Alicante [Spain] after government revokes deportation order- www.typicallyspanish.com/ 02/17/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Her lawyer argued that she faced persecution in her home country if she was forced to return to Algeria, where she could have faced prosecution as a homosexual.
(PDF - 43 Kb) Document Date: 17 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 350)
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Freed China AIDS activist off to U.S- www.reuters.com By Benjamin Kang Lim 02/25/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
BEIJING (Reuters) - A 79-year-old prominent Chinese AIDS activist is to fly to the United States as early as Sunday to receive a human rights award after she was freed from house arrest thanks to U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
(PDF - 332 Kb) Document Date: 25 Feb 2007 (Downloads: 484)
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gay algerian faces deportation after 10 years in uk- By Brett Lock, OutRage! UK-www.mask.org.za 02/21/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"If he is forcibly returned, Saad will be at risk of imprisonment by the Algerian authorities and could be murdered by the country's violently anti-gay Islamic fundamentalists."
(PDF - 191 Kb) Document Date: 21 Feb 2005 (Downloads: 542)
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Gobierno de Costa Rica instaura del Día Nacional de Lucha contra la Homofobia- Costa Rica'n Government restores National Day in the Fight Against Homophobia- NotieSe.org 03/28/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
México DF, marzo 28 de 2008 (Redacción NotieSe).- El presidente de Costa Rica, Óscar Arias Sánchez, firmó el decreto para instituir el 17 de mayo Día Nacional contra la Homofobia. En tanto, en México, la Presidencia de la República no ha respondido al llamado a instituir esta fecha de manera oficial, pese a que ha sido solicitado tanto por organizaciones civiles, en 2006, como por la Cámara de Diputados, en 2007. Por su parte, el Distrito Federal instauró la fecha el año pasado.
(PDF - 20 Kb) Document Date: 28 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 477)
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Guatemala: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br>
The law does not criminalize homosexuality, but it also does not expressly include sexual orientation or HIV status among the categories prohibited from discrimination. There was social discrimination against gay, lesbian, and transgender persons and persons with HIV/AIDS. Homosexual rights support groups alleged that members of the police regularly waited outside clubs and bars frequented by sexual minorities and demanded that patrons and persons engaged in commercial sexual activities provide protection money. Due to a lack of trust in the judicial system and out of fear of further persecution or social recrimination, victims were unwilling to file complaints.
(PDF - 125 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 446)
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HIV and AIDS Stigma and Discrimination in China: Results from a National Survey- Social Science Research Network- By BENJAMIN Y. CLARK University of Georgia - Department of Public Administration and Policy; Athens-Clarke County (GA) Unified Government 05/30/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1008834<br><br>
Abstract: <br>
In order to combat stigma and the associated discrimination against HIV-positive people, it is important to understand the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes among groups in a country. A recent nationally representative opinion survey in China included questions on knowledge of HIV and AIDS and stigma and discrimination towards HIV-positive co-workers and family members. The paper shows remarkable consistency of views. Fully 60 percent of all respondents said that an HIV-positive co-worker should not be allowed to continue working. Regarding family members, 50 percent of respondents said they would be willing to care for a sick family member. At the same time, 44 percent of the respondents said they would want the HIV status of the family member to remain secret. Multivariage models related to stigma and discrimination against a co-worker and a family member showed little variation by background characteristics. The findings also reveal ambivalence among a substantial minority of Chinese about people living with HIV. These findings are important for the Chinese HIV and AIDS Program. This study reinforces that views held by HIV-related stigma and discrimination are pervasive and that interventions to reduce stigma and discrimination need to reach all Chinese people, particularly the majority of Chinese who live outside of China's cities.<br><br>
Keywords: China, stigma and discrimination, knowledge of HIV and AIDS, nationally representative sample<br><br>
JEL Classifications: I18
(PDF - 192 Kb) Document Date: 30 May 2007 (Downloads: 400)
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HIV/AIDS discrimination widespread in China--U.N.- /www.reuters.com 11/28/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
BEIJING, Nov 28 (Reuters) - China's efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS-related discrimination have failed to stamp out "widespread" stigmatisation of sufferers, United Nations. officials said on Wednesday.
(PDF - 66 Kb) Document Date: 28 Nov 2007 (Downloads: 424)
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Home Office loses gay Algerian deportation case-www.pinknews.co.uk 10/27/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Home Office had argued the 27-year-old man, referred to as B, would be safe from persecution as long as he was discreet about his homosexuality.<br><br>However Mr Justice Collins disagreed, saying that B, who has been fighting to remain in the UK since 1996, was at risk of persecution.
(PDF - 46 Kb) Document Date: 27 Oct 2007 (Downloads: 474)
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