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Senegal police tear-gas anti-gay protesters-Rex Wockner International #722-2/15/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Police tear-gassed anti-gay protesters outside the Grande Mosque in
Dakar, Senegal, Feb. 15.<br><br>Penal Code Article 319 punishes homosexual acts with up to five years in
prison and a fine of up to $3,000.
(PDF - 19 Kb) Document Date: 25 Feb 2008 (Downloads: 512)
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2008 02 21 MCC Protest at Jamaican Consulate -- Gay City News (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
MCC Church Leaders Protest Violence against Gays
(PDF - 100 Kb) Document Date: 21 Feb 2008 (Downloads: 0)
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Church Says It Won't Accept Homosexual Lifestyle- 02/18/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
JAMAICAN CHURCH leaders stand resolute that despite strong lobbying by
international gay rights activists, homo-sexuality will not be accepted as
normal. <br><br>
The Church's rebuke comes in the wake of a recent scathing report from the New
York-based Human Rights Watch and protests last week by a Florida church
sympathetic to gays.
(PDF - 241 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 385)
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Gay man killed after refugee claim denied [CRIME / Murder in Mexico]- www.xtra.ca 7/6/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Friends of a former Vancouver resident murdered in Mexico whose refugee claim was rejected by Canada are claiming he was killed because he was gay, and calling into question this country's attitude toward queer refugees seeking asylum.<br><br>
Enrique Villegas, 35, was found dead in his apartment in Mexico City Apr 7, just over four years after his refugee claim "which he made based on his sexual orientation" was denied by the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).
(PDF - 54 Kb) Document Date: 6 Jul 2007 (Downloads: 415)
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Mexico- Policía de Torreón detiene y amedrenta a pareja gay -Torreon Police detain and intimidate gay couple- Noticiese Mario Alberto Reyes 7/16/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
www.gaymexico.com.mx- (Mario Alberto Reyes/ NotieSe) 7/16/07<br><br>
*The accused is coordinator of the Office for the Promotion of Equality in the State Government.<br><br>
*Kissing his partner in a car shows a lack of morals <br><br>
*El inculpado es coordinador de la Dirección para Promover la Igualdad del
gobierno del estado <br>
*Besar a su pareja dentro de un auto "es una falta a la moral", arguyeron
uniformados <br><br>
México DF, julio 16 de 2007 (Mario Alberto Reyes/ NotieSe).- <br><br>
Elementos de la Dirección de Seguridad Pública de Torreón, Coahuila, detuvieron la
noche del pasado martes a Raymundo Valadez Andrade, coordinador de la Dirección
para Promover la Igualdad y Prevenir la Discriminación en la región lagunera, por besar
a su pareja dentro de un automóvil. <br><br>
Policías de la patrulla 35562, quienes se negaron a identificarse, abordaron a la pareja
luego de que descendieran del auto para realizar una llamada desde un teléfono
público. Cuando descolgaban el auricular fueron interceptados por los elementos
policiacos quienes con actitud amenazante los acusaron de cometer faltas a la moral.
(PDF - 124 Kb) Document Date: 16 Jul 2007 (Downloads: 400)
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Mexico- Policía de Torreón detiene y amedrenta a pareja gay -Torreon Police detains and intimidates gay couple- by Mario Alberto Reyes 7/16/07, Noticiese: http://www.gaymexico.com.mx/news7/notahemeroteca6169.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The full English translation for this document was provided by Aubra Fletcher Esq. Office of the Special Master, Farrell v. Cate in San Francisco, CA<br><br>
*The accused is coordinator of the Office for the Promotion of Equality in the State Government.<br><br>
*Kissing his partner in a car shows a lack of morals <br><br>
*El inculpado es coordinador de la Dirección para Promover la Igualdad del
gobierno del estado <br>
*Besar a su pareja dentro de un auto "es una falta a la moral", arguyeron
uniformados <br><br>
México DF, julio 16 de 2007 (Mario Alberto Reyes/ NotieSe).- <br><br>
Elementos de la Dirección de Seguridad Pública de Torreón, Coahuila, detuvieron la
noche del pasado martes a Raymundo Valadez Andrade, coordinador de la Dirección
para Promover la Igualdad y Prevenir la Discriminación en la región lagunera, por besar
a su pareja dentro de un automóvil. <br><br>
Policías de la patrulla 35562, quienes se negaron a identificarse, abordaron a la pareja
luego de que descendieran del auto para realizar una llamada desde un teléfono
público. Cuando descolgaban el auricular fueron interceptados por los elementos
policiacos quienes con actitud amenazante los acusaron de cometer faltas a la moral.
(PDF - 124 Kb) Document Date: 16 Jul 2007 (Downloads: 470)
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Uruguay: Anuncian primer casamiento gay en Maldonado- First Gay Marriage is announced in Maldonado-diariocorreo.com by Diario Correo 2/14/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A poco de la aprobación de la ley 18.246, conocida como de unión concubinaria, una pareja homosexual anunció públicamente que proyecta unirse en matrimonio. Quien se identificó como Daniel, anunció ayer la novedad y adelantó que se casará con un hombre con el que convive desde hace dos años, con quien además, ha adoptado a tres niños.La ley considera unión concubinaria a la situación de hecho derivada de la comunidad de vida de dos personas cualquiera sea su sexo, identidad, orientación u opción sexual.<br><br>
Soon after the approval of Law 18.246, known as concubine union, a homosexual couple announced publicly that they plan on marrying. Identified as Daniel, he announced yesterday the news and further added that he will get married to a man with whom he has lived for the past two years, and furthermore, they have adopted three children. The law conisders a concubine union as a situation of fact derived from communal life of two people, no matter their sex, identity, orientation or sexual option.
(PDF - 21 Kb) Document Date: 14 Feb 2008 (Downloads: 375)
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Belarus: Eastern Europe: Crucible of hate- AI - Phoebe A Greenwood, Guardian 6/1/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
There is no such legislation to protect sexual minorities from discrimination in Latvia and Poland, or Russia and Moldova, which are members of the Council of Europe, where Prides have been banned. In Belarus and Serbia, no one has even suggested a Pride. Romania introduced anti-discrimination law in 2000, but last year hundreds of protesters turned out to pelt the Bucharest Pride parade with eggs, bottles and stones. Both the European Parliament and the Council of Europe have voiced concern about the rise in homophobic violence in eastern Europe during recent debates, flagging Poland as a particular trouble spot. But their power appears to be limited. The promotion of homophobic legislation and use of hate speech by politicians in these countries continues unabated, a two-fingered salute to the notions of integration and acceptance represented by Europe.
(PDF - 106 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jun 2007 (Downloads: 387)
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Belarus: HIV/AIDS - Worldbank.org- 1/10//06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Health system inherited by Belarus from the Soviet Union continued to function after the breakdown of the huge country, but with time its overall performance has generated dissatisfaction of the population. Previous problems have been further aggravated by the new ones: TB incidence is rising sharply and the spread of HIV/AIDS is demonstrating a pattern of rapidly emerging epidemics.
(PDF - 205 Kb) Document Date: 10 Jan 2006 (Downloads: 498)
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Belarus: KGB and Militia Raid Apartment of Gay TV Journalist-PC hard drive, memory stick and video camera impounded -UKGayNews.org 2/20/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
GOMEL, January 16, 2008 ? Openly gay journalist Siarhei Padsasonny was alone in his apartment in Valatauskaya Street, Gomel, on Saturday evening. There was a knock on the door.
It was the militia.<br><br>
Officer Prakapenka, district officer from the militia department of the Central district, demanded to be let in, saying that he had reports of noise coming from the apartment that was disturbing the downstairs neighbours.<br><br>Siarhei Padsasonny is openly gay and very well-known within Gomel gay community. But in the broader community he is known for his criticism of Belarusian regime.
(PDF - 428 Kb) Document Date: 16 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 379)
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Belarus: legal Situation- ILGA by Svyatoslav Sementsov 12/11/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Soviet and post-Soviet policies towards homosexuals in Belarus may be divided into five key periods:
1919-1933: decriminalization of homosexuality, relative tolerance, homosexuality officially labeled a disease.
1934-1966: homosexuality recriminalized and severely dealt with by prosecution, discrimination and silence.
1987-1990: beginning of open public discussions of the status of homosexuality from a scientific and humanitarian point of view by professionals and journalists.
1990-February 1994: gay men and lesbians themselves take up the cause, putting human rights in the forefront, resulting exacerbation of conflict and sharp politicisation of the issue.
(PDF - 159 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 502)
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Belarus: RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs)- BYS42125.E- Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa- 10/24/03 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Parents usually take a very unfavourable attitude towards homosexuality in their children and there have been cases of parents having to move ... on account of harassment from neighbours. If there is a homosexual known to be living in a block of flats, any problems in the building are [blamed on] the homosexual. If gays and lesbians show their faces in ordinary night clubs, etc., ... gay men risk being attacked and lesbian women raped. Homosexuality continues to be regarded as an illness and until 1994 homosexuals were accordingly treated for a medical condition (Denmark 1 Mar. 2001)
(PDF - 139 Kb) Document Date: 24 Oct 2003 (Downloads: 509)
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Belarus: RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs)-BLR100656.E- Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa 1/17/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Although homosexuality was legalized in Belarus in 1994 (UN Oct. 2004, 43), homophobia is "widespread" (Country Reports 2004 28 Feb. 2005, Sec. 5) and "entrenched" in the country (Gay Times 18 July 2005). Homosexuals in Belarus experience "discrimination" and "harassment" (Country Reports 2004 28 Feb. 2005, Sec. 5; UN Oct. 2004, 43) and few homosexuals are open about their sexual orientation (ibid.).
(PDF - 168 Kb) Document Date: 17 Jan 2006 (Downloads: 485)
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Belarusian Gay Activist Keeps Fighting the Dictatorship- www.ukgaynews.org.uk 7/17/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
? Two Belarusians, Slava Bortnik (right) with Slava Sementsov, at EuroPride in London with the "historic" Belarus flag.
(photo: UK Gay News)
Gay Belarusian activist Slava Bortnik is interviewed by GayRussia ? and gives a rare insight into life ? and life as a gay ? in the country considered the most repressive in Europe
(PDF - 880 Kb) Document Date: 17 Jul 2006 (Downloads: 368)
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Colombia: Amenazan jovenes homosexuales en Barrancabermeja-5 homosexual youth are threatened in Barrancabermeja- Diversidad Umana y Gente en Accion- 2/15/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Sujetos armados llagaran al barrio Ciudadela Pipaton y con lista en mano fueron buscando sus victimas.<br><br>
Cinco jovenes algunos al parecer de orientacion homosexual fueron conminados a abandonar la ciudad por amenazas de un comando armado ilegal que los abordo en sus residencia del barrio, en el nororiente de barrancabermeja.<br><br>
La orden fue tjante " no os queremos ver en 24 horas en el municipio, son declarado objetivo militar. Se rumora que tambien hay una lista de 20 personas mas para desplazar en las proximas horas.<br><br>
Armed subjects arrived in the neighborhood of Ciudadela Pipaton and with list in hand, they went looking for their victims. <br><br>
Five youth, some of whom appeared to be homosexual, were threatened to leave the city by threats of an illegally armed commando who approached them in their residences in the neighborhood, in the northeast of Barrancabemeja.<br><br>
The order was decisive, "We don't want to see you in the neighborhood in 24 hours, you are now declared a military objective." It is also rumored that there is a list of 20 more people to remove in the next hours.
(PDF - 26 Kb) Document Date: 15 Feb 2008 (Downloads: 481)
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Czech parliament overrides veto of partnership law-Rex Wockner-International News#621-03/20/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
In a surprising move, the Czech Republic's Chamber of Deputies overrode President Vaclav Klaus's veto of a same-sex partnership bill March 15.
(PDF - 26 Kb) Document Date: 15 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 495)
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From Iran to New Iraq, Ayatollahs Are Murderers of Homosexuals: Massive Crimes Against Humanity Are Committed by the Pro-Iranian Iraqi Goverment- www.english.gay.by-By Gabriele Zamparini- 12/16/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The violence against Iraqi homosexuals has also been denounced by the United Nations. A Human Rights Report of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) released in January reads:<br><br>
Armed Islamic groups and militias have been known to be particularly hostile towards homosexuals, frequently and openly engaging in violent campaigns against them. There have been a number of assassinations of homosexuals in Iraq. (?) HRO [UNAMI Human Rights Office] was also alerted to the existence of religious courts, supervised by clerics, where homosexuals allegedly would be ?tried,? ?sentenced? to death and then executed.<br><br>
Persecuted by the new regime installed by the Amerikan Occupation and supported by the Iranian theocracy, Iraqi homosexuals can be persecuted, tortured and killed openly and freely in New Iraq.
(PDF - 782 Kb) Document Date: 16 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 335)
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Gay Belarus News & Reports 2007- www.globalgayz.com 2/28/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
1 The First historic meeting of Belarusian LGBT leaders 2/07<br>
2 Hate Crimes Against Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People in Belarus 2/07<br>
3 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 3/07<br>
4 2007 Information Center TEMA and MyGomel.com organize a vote 3/07<br>
4a Voting of Belarusian youth on LGBT issue 3/07<br>
5 United Nations Appeal concerning the detention of seven activists 3/07<br>
6 Belarusian MP Viktar Kuchynski proposed to re-criminalize homosexuality 4/07<br>
7 Glazes of prosperity and only a glimpse of suppression 8/07<br>
8 The apartment of famous Belarusian LGBT activist Viachaslau Bortnik plundered 9/06
(PDF - 278 Kb) Document Date: 28 Feb 2007 (Downloads: 512)
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Minsk Gay Guide: Gay Life in Belarus-www.associatedcontent.com- By Bartleby 2/20/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Among the former Soviet states in Eastern Europe, Belarus is the most resistant to social change, restricting gay life to private connections out of the public eye. Homosexual behavior was decriminalized in the early 1990s, but pervasive homophobia has largely squelched the gay rights movement. Neighbors of Belarus like Russia, Poland, and Lithuania enjoy far more advanced, even if fledgling, gay life.
(PDF - 68 Kb) Document Date: 20 Feb 2006 (Downloads: 385)
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Peru: Activistas Travestis Realizaran Protesta Contra La Municipalidad De Lima-Boletin Diversidad # (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Cotidianamente el cuerpo de seguirdad municipal (Serenazgo) realiza acciones contra la poblacion travesti y gay de Lima, el caso mas reciente fue el caso de "Sandra", una travest que fue duramente golpeada y asaltada por el Serenzgo, el pasado viernes en el Cercado de Lima.
(PDF - 37 Kb) Document Date: 20 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 522)
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