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Forbidden: Institutionalizing Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians in Burundi - Human Rights Watch on 07/29/09: http://www.hrw.org/node/84609 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
On April 22, 2009, the president of Burundi,
Pierre Nkurunziza, signed into law a new criminal
code that contains a provision making sexual
relations between people of the same sex illegal
for the first time in the country's history.<br><br>The law was a fierce blow to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in
Burundi, who only in recent years, and in very small numbers, had begun to come out,
organize, and demand that their rights be respected. The Association for Respect and
Rights for Homosexuals (Association pour le Respect et les Droits des Homosexuels,
ARDHO), was founded in the capital, Bujumbura, in 2003, initially as a support group for
LGBT people. Inspired by what they saw as a global wave in favor of LGBT rights, members
began traveling to gay rights conferences in other African countries; educating
themselves and others about HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases; and
speaking out on Burundian radio stations about discrimination they faced in their daily
lives.
(PDF - 488 Kb) Document Date: 29 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 43)
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Homophobia and Stigmatization Hamper HIV Prevention Efforts in Mali - Behind The Mask on 03/14/11: http://www.mask.org.za/homophobia-and-stigmatization-hamper-hiv-prevention-efforts-in-mali/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Religious practices, cultural beliefs and stigmatization by the general population
hamper access to health care and HIV/Aids prevention for Malian Men who have
Sex with other Men (MSM) and force them into bisexuality or underground sexual
practices that put them at high risk of Sexually Transmitted and HIV infections,
says Dr Dembelé Bintou Keita, Director of ARCAD/SIDA, an HIV/Aids organization
that also provides health care for MSM in Mali.<br><br>Dr Dembelé says with over 95% of the population that is religious, the Malian
society is not tolerant to MSM who "have no rights and certainly no right to claim
their sexual orientation. All cultural beliefs towards MSM are negative."<br><br>
She explained, "On a social level, the abuses start in the family. Men who are
attracted to other men are forced to get married so that they will not bring
shame to the family. The society and the family force them to do what is socially
acceptable, so they get married but they still have men as sexual partners."
(PDF - 63 Kb) Document Date: 14 Mar 2011 (Downloads: 42)
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Amenazan de muerte a líder de movimiento homosexual de Perú / Leader of homosexual movement receives death threats. - by Luis Méndez Pérez, www.notiese.org, 03/03/11: http://www.notiese.org/notiese.php?ctn_id=4714 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Con pintas en su casa con la leyenda "Muerte a los gays" y una carta dirigida a los "parásitos rastreros que deforman el orden natural del todopoderoso", fue amenazado Jorge Chávez Reyes, secretario del Consejo Directivo del Movimiento Homosexual (MHOL) de Lima, Perú, el pasado 25 de febrero por grupos neonazis denominados Vanguardia Nacional." <br><br>
"Las amenazas llegaron luego de que el MHOL convocara a participar en las acciones simbólicas "Besos contra la homofobia" en la Plaza de las Armas, reprimida por la Guardia de Asalto de la Policía Nacional del Perú el pasado 12 de febrero." <br><br>
"Luego de que los manifestantes fueron agredidos con gas pimienta y varas, muchos de ellos levantaron las demandas correspondientes y mantuvieron una reunión con el ministro del Interior de Perú, Miguel Hidalgo, quien minimizó los hechos y negó la existencia de actitudes homofóbicas en los cuerpos policiacos, por esta razón, el MHOL y el Bloque estudiantil LGBTI exigieron la renuncia del funcionario."<br><br>
"With spots on his house reading "Death to the gays" and a letter directed to the "despicable parasites who deform the natural order of Almighty God," Jorge Chavez Reyes, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Homosexual Movement of Lima, Peru (HMOL), was threatened, last February 25 by neo-nazi groups called National Vanguard."<br><br>
"The threats arrived after the MHOL met to participate in the symbolic actions of "Kisses Against Homophobia" in the "Plaza de las Armas", suppressed by the Assault Guard of the National Police of Peru last February 12."<br><br>
"After the demonstrators were assaulted with pepper gas and sticks, many of them took up the corresponding demands and held a meeting with the minister of the interior of Peru, Miguel Hidalgo, who minimized the facts and doubted the existence of homophobic attitudes in the police corps, for that reason, the MHOL and the Student LGBTI Group demanded the resignation of the official."
(PDF - 100 Kb) Document Date: 3 Mar 2011 (Downloads: 50)
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Jamaicans making it difficult for gays to stay with one partner? - by Jamaicaobserver.com, on Thursday, April 07, 2011: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Jamaicans-making-it-difficult-for-gays-to-stay-with-one-partner-_8567822 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"A bit of pertinent background on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica: a 2008 study commissioned by the Ministry of Health concluded that about 31.8 per cent of men who have sex with other men (MSM) are HIV infected in the island state. There is a strong correlation between men being HIV infected and them belonging to lower socio-economic groups, and them having been victims of anti-gay violence. The number of AIDS deaths per year is decreasing because the country has begun the rollout of anti-retroviral medicines.<br><br>
"Jamaica reports the second-highest HIV-prevalence rate among MSM in the world, right after another notorious violator of the human rights of gay people, Kenya. <br><br>
Homosexual men in Jamaica rarely ever live in monogamous relationships because of the security risks involved in living with a member of the same sex over longer periods in the same household. This is partly a result of colonial legislation prohibiting same sexual activities among men... The flowery prose under the heading 'Unnatural Offences' is sufficiently antiquated:
(PDF - 134 Kb) Document Date: 7 Apr 2011 (Downloads: 49)
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Policía Municipal de Puebla arresta a cinco homosexuales prostitutos por ser un "peligro" para las familias - Puebla's Municipal Police arrests 5 gay prostitutes because they present a "danger" to the families-by J. Puga and A. Farías/La Jornada de Oriente-3/10/11: http://www.pueblaonlinelcom.mx/indez.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=10310: polic%C3%ADa-munic9pal-de-puebla-arresta-a-cinco-homosexuales-porstitutos-por-ser-un-"peligro"para las-familias (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"De acuerdo con un reporte de la SSPTM, el grupo de homosexuales fue detenido en el cruce del bulevar Norte y la avenida 25 Poniente, uno de los cruceros más importante de la capital poblana, y para ello utilizó al Grupo de Reacción y Respuesta Inmediata K?9 que está formado por agentes de élite de la Policía Municipal." <br><br>
"El Código Reglamentario del Municipio de Puebla establece que la autoridad local sancionará con una multa de 10 a 100 días de salario mínimo, con arresto de 36 horas o bien con trabajo comunitario a las personas "ejerzan, permitan o sean usuarios de la prostitución en lugares públicos", pero en ningún momento establece como causa que el ejercicio de esta sea "una molestia y un peligro para las familias."<br><br>
"According to a report from SSPTM, the group of homosexuals was detained at the intersection of North Boulevard and 25 Poniente Avenue, one of the most important intersections of the Pueblan capital, and for this arrest the Immediate K9 Reaction and Response Group was used which is made up of elite agents of the local police."<br><br>
"The Statutory Code of the City of Puebla states that the local authority will set a fine of a minimum of 10-100 days of salary, detention of 36 hours or community service to anyone who 'practices, permits or are used for prostitution in public places," but at no time does it establish how this practice causes 'a problem or danger to the families."
(PDF - 258 Kb) Document Date: 10 Mar 2011 (Downloads: 39)
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Policía Municipal de Puebla arresta a cinco homosexuales prostitutos por ser un ?peligro? para las familias / Puebla?s Municipal Police arrests 5 prostitute homosexuals because they are a ?danger? to the families- by J. Puga y A. Farías/ La Jornada de Or, on 03/10/11: http://www.pueblaonline.com.mx/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=10310:polic%C3%ADa-municipal-de-puebla-arresta-a-cinco-homosexuales-prostitutos-por-ser-un-?peligro?-para-las-familias (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
?De acuerdo con un reporte de la SSPTM, el grupo de homosexuales fue detenido en el cruce del bulevar Norte y la avenida 25 Poniente, uno de los cruceros más importante de la capital poblana, y para ello utilizó al Grupo de Reacción y Respuesta Inmediata K?9 que está formado por agentes de élite de la Policía Municipal.? <br><br>
?El Código Reglamentario del Municipio de Puebla establece que la autoridad local sancionará con una multa de 10 a 100 días de salario mínimo, con arresto de 36 horas o bien con trabajo comunitario a las personas ?ejerzan, permitan o sean usuarios de la prostitución en lugares públicos?, pero en ningún momento establece como causa que el ejercicio de esta sea ?una molestia y un peligro para las familias?.
(PDF - 527 Kb) Document Date: 10 Mar 2011 (Downloads: 42)
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European Parliament calls for special protection of LGBT asylum-seekers - by Intergroup on LGBT Rights, www.lgbt-ep.eu, 04/06/11: http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/european-parliament-calls-for-special-protection-of-lgbt-asylum-seekers/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Members of the European Parliament voted today to modernise the EU-wide system for examining asylum claims. Among the measures adopted today, groups of asylum-seekers with special needs were updated to include people fleeing persecution based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. <br><br> Measures include providing expert advice to asylum officials on sexual orientation and gender identity; protecting claimants? privacy; guaranteeing that physical examinations fully respect human dignity and integrity, for instance in cases involving minors or transgender people; and ensuring that applications by LGBT asylum-seekers are not ?fast-tracked? for removal to their country of origin.<br><br> Read More:<br>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A7-2011-0085&language=EN
(PDF - 171 Kb) Document Date: 6 Apr 2011 (Downloads: 49)
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Needs of LGBT Haitians Largely Ignored in Post-quake Recovery Efforts - by IGLHRC on 03/28/11: http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/1370.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(New York, March 28, 2011) Violence and discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people has increased since the January 2010 earthquake, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and SEROvie said in a briefing paper issued today. The paper, The Impact of the Earthquake, and Relief and Recovery Programs on Haitian LGBT People, documents anti-LGBT human rights violations that have occurred since the earthquake.<br><br>
?UN Agencies, private organizations, and governments must recognize the horrible impact of the Haiti disaster on LGBT people,? said Cary Alan Johnson, IGLHRC?s Executive Director. ?While the needs of some marginalized groups are at least acknowledged, LGBT people are completely ignored.? <br>,br>
The earthquake affected already marginalized groups of individuals?including the
high percentage of Haitians living in poverty, women, girls, people with disabilities,
and men and women living with HIV and AIDS
(PDF - 1,172 Kb) Document Date: 28 Mar 2011 (Downloads: 60)
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Gov't against sexual discrimination but not ready to repeal laws against buggery, cross-dressing MARCH 12, 2011 | BY KNEWS : http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2011/03/12/gov?t-against-sexual-discrimination/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The government on Thursday restated its position against discrimination on the basis of a person?s sexual orientation, but stopped short of saying if it was ready to repeal laws which make it criminal for men to have sex with men or for anyone to cross-dress.?By law, sexual intimacy between men is not allowed in Guyana, as is the case in most of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Leading figures in the fight against HIV/AIDS, including UN envoy Sir George Alleyne, have suggested that this hinders an effective public health response to the epidemic." <br><br> ?Cabinet did reflect on social responses to homosexuality and reiterated its position of not supporting discrimination of those whose sexual orientation offended contemporary social norms and also consequently any advocacy of such lifestyles,? Dr Roger Luncheon, the government?s chief spokesman said."
(PDF - 68 Kb) Document Date: 12 Mar 2011 (Downloads: 51)
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Lithuania #2 Sexual Orientation [96-2000] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 1,606 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2000 (Downloads: 54)
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Panama: Estigma e ignorancia: las dos grandes piedras / Stigma and ignorance: the two big rocks - by ANA TERESA BENJAMÍN, Laprensa.com, on 04/03/11: http://www.prensa.com/hoy/panorama/2551344.asp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Las malas noticias: que los costos de las terapias son cada vez mayores e insostenibles; que la crisis económica ha reducido los recursos asignados al combate de la enfermedad; y que el estigma y la discriminación siguen afectando a las poblaciones vulnerables y les impide acceder a tratamientos. <br><br>
?Este año tenemos la oportunidad de evaluar los obstáculos que hacen que la epidemia siga superando las respuestas?, dijo ayer en conferencia de prensa Kim Balduc, representante residente del Sistema de Naciones Unidas en Panamá, refiriéndose precisamente a la discriminación y la inequidad de género.<br><br>
The bad news: the cost of the therapies continue to be more expensive and unsustainable; the economic crisis has reduced the allocated resources to combat the disease; and that the stigma and discrimination continue affecting the vulnerable populations and prevents them from gaining access to treatment.<br><br>
"This year we have the opportunity of evaluating the obstacles which allow the epidemic to continue exceeding the solutions,"said Kim Balduc (resident representative of the United Nations System in Panama) yesterday in the press conference, referring specifically to the discrimination and the gender inequality.
(PDF - 64 Kb) Document Date: 3 Apr 2011 (Downloads: 48)
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Retrasan entrega de fármacos para VIH- Los venezolanos que viven con VIH están afectados, una vez más, por la falta de algunos antirretrovirales (ARV). Tres medicamentos escasean desde hace más de dos meses; la semana pasada llegó uno, pero sigue la falla con otros dos. / HIV medication distribution is delayed - Venezuelans who live with HIV are affected once more due to the lack of some of the retrovirals (ARV). Three medicines have been scarse for more than two months now; last week one arrived, but the other two are still missing. - by www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve, on 4/4/11: http://www.ulti (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Alberto Nieves, de Acción Ciudadana contra el Sida (Accsi), señaló que el abacavir y el duovir aún faltan, lo que obliga a los pacientes a paralizar la toma, con el riesgo de desarrollar resistencia a los medicamentos. En 2010, la escasez reinó durante 10 meses. En diciembre, tras una reunión con la viceministra de Salud, Miriam Morales, les informaron que Venezuela empezaría a comprar los ARV al Fondo Estratégico de la OPS, comentó Nieves. "Al parecer, hay algunos retrasos por parte de la OPS en la entrega." <br><br> "Estevan Colina, de la Red Venezolana de Gente Positiva, considera que "no hay programación para la compra de antirretrovirales, ni un plan estratégico para responder a la epidemia de VIH, ni hay diálogo entre la ministra y los pacientes con VIH". Temen que se repita la carencia del año pasado."<br><br>
"Alberto Nieves, with Citizen Action against AIDS, pointed out that abacavir and duovir are still missing, which obligates the patients to stop the dose, with the risk of developing resistance to the medicines. In 2010, the scarcity prevailed for 10 months. In December, after a meeting with the Vice Minister of Health, Miriam Morales, informed them that Venezuela would begin to buy ARV from the Strategic Fund of the Panamanian Health Organization, Nieves commented. "It seems that there are some delays on the part of the Panamanian Health Organization in the delivery."<br><br>
"Estevan Colina, from the Venezuelan Red Cross Positive People, considers that "there is no program in place for the purchase of anti-retrovirals, nor a strategic plan for responding to the HIV epidemic, nor is there a dialog between the ministry and the patients with HIV." They fear that the shortage of last year will repeat itself."
(PDF - 147 Kb) Document Date: 4 Apr 2011 (Downloads: 55)
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China: Police raid new gay bar on the Bund, dozens detained- by http://shanghaiist.com, on 04/03/11: http://shanghaiist.com/2011/04/03/police_raid_new_gay_bar_on_the_bund.php (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Early this morning at around 1am, police raided Q Bar, a new gay bar on the Bund, and detained at least 50 patrons of the bar. <br><br>
Update 4, 15:19: One of those released @Xiaowuzhi tweets: ?When I was young, our teacher told us to love our country, and I have always loved China with a deep love. Today, I hate that I'm a Chinese! I am one of the unfortunate victims of the April 2 raid on Q Bar. In the ten plus hours we were locked up, we were kept without food or water, and this is inexcusable! Police attitude was also extremely rough! 60-70 people all cold and hungry and thirsty and tired. What law have we broken just drinking at a bar? If there was any problem with the bar, why let it operate in the first place??
(PDF - 184 Kb) Document Date: 3 Apr 2011 (Downloads: 41)
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S. Korea court upholds military ban on gay behaviour AFP March 31, 2011: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/9114110/s-korea-court-upholds-military-ban-on-gay-behaviour/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a military law banning homosexual behaviour, saying the need to maintain discipline takes precedence over individual sexual freedom. <br><br>
In a 5-4 split decision, the court ruled that the military criminal code which punishes homosexual behaviour with up to one year in prison is constitutional. <br><br>
"The legal code cannot be seen as discrimination against gays because such behaviour, if left unchecked, might result in subordinates being harassed by superiors in military barracks," it said in a statement.
(PDF - 166 Kb) Document Date: 31 Mar 2011 (Downloads: 50)
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La comunidad LGBT en Colombia alerta el aumento de homicidios y abuso policial / LGBT Community alerts of increase in murders and police abuse - by http://noticias.telemedellin.tv, on 03/30/11: http://noticias.telemedellin.tv/689_colombia/1075356_la-comunidad-lgbt-en-colombia-alerta-el-aumento-de-homicidios-y-abuso-policial.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Bogotá, 30 mar (EFE).- La comunidad colombiana de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transexuales (LGBT) alertó hoy del aumento de los homicidios y del abuso policial contra miembros del colectivo, al reiterar que la discriminación que sufren es "un problema de violación de los derechos humanos". <br><br> Esa violación se ejemplifica también en los casos de abuso policial contra miembros del colectivo, que pasaron de 31 en el periodo 2006-2007 a 48 en el 2008-2009. <br><br>
Los LGBT también son víctimas del desplazamiento forzado y de violencia psicológica y física dentro de las cárceles, pero son campos aún inexplorados, según Sánchez, quien anotó que "no hay sistemas de información por parte del Estado" que permitan hacer estadísticas oficiales sobre las violaciones que sufre el colectivo.
(PDF - 61 Kb) Document Date: 30 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 47)
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2010 Annual Report on Status of Human Rights of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Croatia - Author: Sanja Juras, coordinator, Lesbian Group Kontra Queer Zagreb Festival section in chapter 8 Public manifestations prepared by: Gordan Bosanac, Queer Zagreb, 04/19/10: http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/mo6INyf1t0 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
In 2009 we noted an increase in the number of reports of violations of the human rights of transgender persons. We believe that this was a consequence of the increased activities of civil society organisations in that field and public discussion brought by the Anti-Discrimination Act.
Nevertheless, the great majority of people who experience discrimination and violence never report such incidents because of their lack of confidence in the Croatian legal system, and fearing disclosure of their sexual orientation.
Transgender persons are subjected to discrimination and violence in their everyday lives because of their gender identity or gender expression. Legislation regulating the procedures for change of name and sex in personal documents does not contain protection mechanisms for the protection of the right to privacy of transgender persons and that results in violations of human rights of that extremely vulnerable social group.
(PDF - 594 Kb) Document Date: 19 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 44)
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Angola: 2009 Human Rights Report: Angola, U.S. Department of State, 3/11/10: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/af/135937.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Homosexuality
is
very
taboo
in
Angola
even
though
it
is
technically
legal.
Discrimination
against
people
with
HIV/AIDS
is
also
illegal,
but
not
enforced
and
this
leads
to
human
rights violations
(PDF - 49 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 51)
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Botswana: 2009 Human Rights Report: Botswana, U.S. Department of State, 3/11/10: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/af/135937.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Although
discrimination
is
technically
outlawed,
Botswana?s
government
does
not
protect
the
rights
of
LGBT
and
HIV-?positive
people
enough
according
to
the
U.S.
Department
of
State.
In
a
related
section
of
the
report,
it
is
noted
that
violence
against
women
is
common
and
is
often
not
penalized.
(PDF - 57 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 48)
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Brazill: It's worse than we thought, Tell Brazilian President Rousseff to support the Anti-Homophobia Law- by AllOunt.org on 03/29/11 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
We recently told you about Priscila Brandão, a trans woman in Brazil executed in cold blood on the streets of Belo Horizonte. (1) Now, the hate is spreading - and so is the violence. <br><br>
Since we last wrote to you, a young gay man was attacked by skinheads in downtown Sao Paolo. (2) Then, another young man was bloodied to a pulp by his own uncle ?just for being gay. (3) And to make matters worse, the only openly gay member of Parliament has started to receive death threats for speaking out against the violence. <br><br>
Plus links to other homophobic attacks
(PDF - 94 Kb) Document Date: 29 Mar 2011 (Downloads: 46)
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Central Africa Republic: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2010 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/11/10http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/af/135944.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Societal Abuses, Discrimination and Acts of Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity The penal code criminalizes homosexual behavior.<br><br>The penalty for "public expression of love" between persons of the same sex is imprisonment for six months to two years or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs (between $334 and $1,334). When the relationships involve a child, the sentence is two to five years imprisonment, or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($222 and $1,775).
(PDF - 44 Kb) Document Date: 11 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 48)
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