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Syria: Gay Syrian waits for asylum appeal verdict-By news.scotsman.com-05/11/08-http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/glasgow/Gay-Syrian-waits-for-asylum.4071539.jp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br A GAY asylum seeker who faces torture and death if he is deported to Syria, where homosexuality is illegal, is waiting to hear if this week's appeal for leave to stay in Scotland will be granted.<br>Jojo Jako Yakob, 19, fled Syria two years ago after being arrested, shot and beaten before being tortured in jail when he was caught distributing anti-government leaflets.<br>Once prison guards discovered that he was not only a Christian member of the repressed Kurdish minority in the Arab state but was also a homosexual, he was beaten so badly that he slipped into a coma.
(PDF - 138 Kb) Document Date: 11 May 2008 (Downloads: 144)
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Syria: Government offers Jojo 46 euros to go home- By News.scotsman.com-04/27/08-http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Government-offers-Jojo-46-to.4024420.jp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> A GAY Syrian asylum seeker has been offered only £46 in cash by the Government to return to his homeland where homosexuality is illegal and he faces possible death.<br>Jojo Jako Yakob, 19, fled his homeland two years ago after being arrested, shot and beaten before being tortured in a Syrian jail when he was caught distributing anti-government leaflets.<br>Once prison guards discovered that Yakob, a Christian member of the repressed Kurdish minority in the Arab state, was homosexual, he suffered horrific beatings and was assaulted so badly that he slipped into a coma. He fled to Scotland but his application seeking asylum was rejected and the Home Office has ordered his return to Syria, where homosexuality has been banned.
(PDF - 73 Kb) Document Date: 27 Apr 2008 (Downloads: 121)
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Syria: Sanctuary for Yakob-By News.scotsman.com-03/16/08-http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Sanctuary-for-Yakob.3882900.jp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> The son of a Syrian opposition politician, Yakob claims he was initially terrorised by the authorities for political reasons, including electric shock treatment and culminating in a police officer shooting him in the arm. <br>He then describes the water torture and daily beatings he endured when prison guards realised he was gay. Syria says it does not persecute homosexuals, but one beating left Yakob in a coma for 20 days. Faced with the prospect of a lengthy prison sentence, he understandably decided that his only option was to flee. He made it to Britain, where he now awaits possible deportation in Polmont.
(PDF - 27 Kb) Document Date: 16 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 133)
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Transgenderism in India: 'People just use us for sex' - by www.guardian.co.uk on 07/04/08: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/04/india-gender (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"In India, kothis are men who dress and live like women, who are not necessarily homosexual but often take partners who conform to a typically masculine gender role. Edged out by society they meet in the city's dangerous 'cruising areas', where they are targeted by criminals and police alike; in a culture that outlaws same-sex practices they are easy prey for blackmailers who threaten to expose them as homosexuals. Mintu says that he is fed up with seeing his friends come to harm" <br><br> "I have lost three friends to Aids. At first they were not admitted to hospital because they were kothis and were HIV-positive. Indian people think that if somebody has HIV he must have done something wrong. Doctors worry that the other patients will become infected by them. So my friends did not receive good healthcare. They were put in a room that was dirty and full of mosquitoes; their water supply was polluted and they were given garbage to eat. No one came in to change the bed sheets; none of the staff wanted to go near them."
(PDF - 198 Kb) Document Date: 4 Jul 2008 (Downloads: 131)
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Transvestite, man get bail in "gay marriage" case Bureau Report- by www.dawn.com, Friday, 04 Jun, 2010 -http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/peshawar/transvestite,-man-get-bail-in-gay-marriage-case-460 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"PESHAWAR: A local court on Thursday granted bail to two persons, including a transvestite, charged with attempting same sex marriage." <br><br>
"The court of additional district and sessions judge Mr Tahir Mahmood directed the two applicants, Malik Iqbal and transvestite Kashif alias Rani, to furnish two sureties of Rs100,000 each." <br><br> "The applicants? counsel argued that police had cooked up the issue to settle personal scores with Malik Iqbal. He maintained that police had overstepped its authority by raiding a private place. "
(PDF - 59 Kb) Document Date: 4 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 115)
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The gay Iraqi crisis - By Taylor Asen , Zach Strassburger Friday, June 18, 2010 ~ http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com : http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/17/the_gay_iraqi_crisis (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The consequences for gay Iraqis who fail to obtain refugee status are severe. Since 2004, hundreds of young men suspected of homosexual conduct have been abducted, tortured, and brutally executed with only a cursory response from Iraqi authorities. Our clients at IRAP and others provide appalling accounts of the violence: in one gruesome method of torture (and often murder), gay men have their anuses glued shut before being fed laxatives." <br><br> "Even fleeing to countries like Turkey and Jordan carries intense challenges for gay men. Our clients report being harassed by officials assigned to help refugees; other reports show they have also threatened to deport these men or disclose their sexual orientation. Fearful of new threats of violence and harassment if they confess to local officials that they are gay, these men sometimes chose to stay silent and risk being sent back to certain death in Iraq, as LGBT status is the very basis of their persecution and refugee claims. "
(PDF - 522 Kb) Document Date: 18 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 111)
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Turkey: Devlet, Nefret Suçlarini Körüklüyor/The State is Encouraging Hate Crimes by KaosGL on 05/31/10: http://www.kaosgl.org/icerik/devlet_nefret_suclarini_korukluyor (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This article was translated in full by Darren L. Miller (Chicago, IL).<br><br>Hate and segregation towards the LGBT community sees no end. On Saturday May 29th
in Istanbul, a transsexual was killed in the middle of the street in broad daylight when a
man slit her throat.<br><br>On the night of the murder, LGBT organizations came together to take action and show
that the attacks against the LGBT community are supported under current political and
systemic conditions.<br><br>"Instead of stopping these hate crimes and segregation, the state is making statements that
are encouraging them."
(PDF - 1,020 Kb) Document Date: 31 May 2010 (Downloads: 93)
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Russia: St Petersburg LGBT activists apply for Gay Pride March Permit - Organizers ready to negotiate with the city hall but will hold the event in any case- by www.gayrussia.ru, on 06/15/10: http://www.gayrussia.ru/en/news/detail.php?ID=15960 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The two organizations further urged the Governor of St Petersburg to give a positive reply to the organizer?s application and act according to the laws and international obligations of Russia. <br><br>
They also called the Embassies of the EU Member States, US and Canada to support the organizers and monitor the march like it has already been the case this year in other Eastern European cities. <br><br>
This is the first attempt to hold a Gay Pride March in St Petersburg. Similar actions have been banned in Moscow every year since 2006 but also in Tambov in 2008 and in Ryazan in 2009.
(PDF - 91 Kb) Document Date: 15 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 135)
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Two EU Cities Refuse to Sign Gay Rights Appeal - PinkNews.co.uk on 3/20/08: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-7192.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Mayors of Riga in Latvia and Tallinn in Estonia have declined to take part in a campaign affirming
freedom of assembly and expression for LGBT people in Europe.
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The Europe branch of the International Gay and Lesbian Association wanted the leaders of those
cities to join 19 others in Europe and declare their support for their initiative.
(PDF - 54 Kb) Document Date: 20 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 159)
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Gay Web Sites under Threat of a New Law in Belarus A new law forces gay sites to emigrate out of the .By domain name - by www.gayrussia.ru on 06/13/10: http://www.gayrussia.ru/en/news/detail.php?ID=15957 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
?The adoption of this law is one thing but another thing is how the information will be used? says Alexander Paluyan, Chief Editor of the portal Gay.By "From July 1, information on those who visited websites will go to public services and can be used at their own discretion. Because many Belarusian conceal their sexual orientation, an increased control over the internet might simply lead that many gays will stop to surf gay websites? he further said. <br><br>
?For sure, this new law violates our human rights? says Sergey Androsenko, Editor of GayBelarus.By and Organizer of this year's banned Slavic Gay Pride March in Minsk. ?Gays and Lesbians have the right to privacy like any other citizen, and they have the right to access freely any information something that this new law will prevent.?
(PDF - 69 Kb) Document Date: 13 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 131)
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Lebanon: A Case Study of the First Legal, Above-Ground LGBT Organization in the MENA Region - by Helem on 10/21/08: http://www.helem.net/sites/default/files/WB-HELEM_CaseStudy2009.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Helem is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that is dedicated to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay,Bisexual and Transgender) community in Lebanon. It is the first, and only, above-ground NGO, with a legally existing status that is devoted to this population in the MENA region. The organization
strives to raise awareness among the general population in Lebanon about the situation of the LGBT community, and seeks to abolish Article 534 of the Lebanese Penal Code, which criminalizes?any sexual act against nature?. The organization began as an underground support group,and slowly came to realize the need for an organization that would bring the plight of the LGBT population in Lebanon to light. Helem has been seen as a success story for the LGBT population in this region, and therefore their story will be told here."
(PDF - 1,721 Kb) Document Date: 21 Oct 2008 (Downloads: 152)
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Homophobia on the rise in the Muslim world- As recent incidents in Iraq show, in many Islamic countries, gays are ostracized, persecuted, even murdered- BY JULIANE VON MITTELSTAEDT AND DANIEL STEINVORTH, www.salon.com, FRIDAY, SEP 18, 2009 06:15 ET: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/18/gay_muslim/index.html?source=rss&aim=/news/feature (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"More than 30 Islamic countries have laws on the books that make homosexuality a criminal offense. In most cases punishment ranges from floggings to life imprisonment. In Mauritania, Bangladesh, Yemen, parts of Nigeria and Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, convicted homosexuals can also be sentenced to death." <br><br>
"In those Muslim countries where homosexuality is not against the law, gay men and women are nonetheless persecuted, arrested and in some cases murdered. Although long known for its open gay scene, Egypt has recently started to clamp down hard. The lives of homosexuals are monitored by a kind of vice squad that taps telephones and recruits informants. As soon as the police have accumulated the kind of evidence they need, they charge their victims with "debauchery.""
(PDF - 127 Kb) Document Date: 18 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 157)
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Hundreds take part in Turkey Gay Pride rally - Published on France24 (http://www.france24.com/en), 06/13/10: http://www.france24.com/en/20100613-hundreds-take-part-turkey-gay-pride-rally (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Homosexuals are dying and the state sees nothing," demonstrators chanted along with other slogans such as "the revolt of the homosexuals continues." <br><br> "In a message sent to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in February, gay rights groups condemned the killings of eight transsexuals in the past 16 months."
(PDF - 55 Kb) Document Date: 13 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 160)
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Indonesia: Homophobia on the rise - Recent attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender meetings reveal the growing influence of Islamist groups and highlight unequal protection of citizenship rights- by Jamison Liang, www.insideindonesia.org, on April/June issue 2010: http://www.insideindonesia.org/stories/homophobia-on-the-rise-14061324 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"In both of these incidents, the Islamic Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI), an Islamist organisation with a record of violent tactics, led the choir of critics against LGBT citizens. In both cases, the attacks on the conferences prompted their cancellation. In their protests, FPI and its supporters denounced LGBT sexualities and genders as not belonging in Indonesia and contravening Islamic morals and beliefs." <br><br> "A disturbing feature of both events was the inability or unwillingness of police to prevent detractors from disrupting the meetings or to ensure the safety of conference participants, even though one of the meetings was endorsed by the Indonesian government. As such, these events reveal the growing influence of Islamist parties in Indonesia and the challenges facing Indonesian LGBT rights activists."
(PDF - 464 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jun 2010 (Downloads: 90)
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Serbia and Montenegro: Belgrade queer festival defiant after Fascist attack-By Pink News-11/21/08-http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9062.html/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> A group of 25 people were the victims of an "organised attack by fascists" after attending the 5th Queerbeograd festival in Belgrade.<br>"Police that were patrolling in a side street were there quickly but it didn't prevent some of the QB participants getting seriously hurt," the festival organisers said after the attack on Friday night.
(PDF - 212 Kb) Document Date: 21 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 191)
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Serbia and Montenegro: Lesbians assaulted in central Belgrade-By B92- 07/10/08-http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=07&dd=10&nav_id=51790 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>The three suffered severe injuries in the attack.<br>The couple and their friend, a foreign national, were attacked in the park next to the parliament building on the night of June 28. In a statement, the Gay Straight Alliance says that the attack was a clear example of the violence that members of the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender community face in Serbia on a daily basis.<br>The organization says that the three were initially verbally abused, before being physically attacked.<br>The assailant hit R.B. on the right side of the face. After hitting him once more, B.O. jumped in to try and protect her friend. The attacker then punched B.O. and pushed her away, causing her to fall to the ground and lose consciousness. She suffered concussion and a cut to the head.<br>As the attack continued, another individual approached R.B. and hit him repeatedly in the head.<br>According to the Gay Straight Alliance, the thugs then approached T.B. who was sitting on a bench, and started shouting at her: ?You Lesbos, you came here to f**k!? ?Don?t you know it?s Vidovdan!?, ?You?re sick!?
(PDF - 353 Kb) Document Date: 10 Jul 2008 (Downloads: 151)
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Serbia and Montenegro: NGOs in protest at gay festival violence-By B92-09/21/08-http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=09&dd=21&nav_id=53654 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> A group of 20 or so youths, wearing surgical masks and hooded tops attacked festival participants on September 19, seriously injuring one U.S. national, who suffered a broken arm and concussion, while several participants from Serbia also received minor injuries.<br>The police, it is added, reacted quickly, one attacker was arrested, and a number of others taken in for questioning.,br>The NGOs point out that threats to attack the festival participants had been posted on the websites of a number of nationalistic organizations a few days prior to the festival, but, they state, no official reaction was forthcoming.
(PDF - 236 Kb) Document Date: 21 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 192)
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Serbia and Montenegro: Violence brings end to Sarajevo gay fest-By B92-09/26/08-http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=09&dd=26&nav_id=53771 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Even though a large number of organizations and associations have condemned the violence, it seemed as everyone involved, especially the members of the law enforcement, welcomed the decision, reports say.<br>Attacks and riots during the opening day of the festival likely showed the organizers the event?s continuation could?ve brought with it many dangers.
(PDF - 223 Kb) Document Date: 26 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 228)
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Syria: People think its a mental illness-By The Guardian- 06/13/06-http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/jun/13/gayrights.lifeandhealth/print (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> When he finally emerged, a friend suggested that he see a psychiatrist. To reassure him, Ghaith agreed. "I went to this psychiatrist and, before I saw him, I was stupid enough to fill in a form about who I was, with my family's phone number. [The doctor] was very rude and we almost had a fight. He said: 'You're the garbage of the country, you shouldn't be alive and if you want to live, don't live here. Just find a visa and leave Syria and don't ever come back.'<br>"Before I reached home, he had called my mum, and my mum freaked out. When I arrived home there were all these people in the house. My mum was crying, my sister was crying - I thought somebody had died or something. They put me in the middle and everybody was judging me. I said to them, 'You have to respect who I am; this was not something I chose,' but it was a hopeless case.<br>"The bad part was that my mum wanted me to leave the college. I said, 'No, I'll do whatever you want.' After that, she started taking me to therapists. I went to at least 25 and they were all really, really bad."
(PDF - 65 Kb) Document Date: 13 Jun 2006 (Downloads: 94)
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Syria: Prisoners of Sex- By The New York Times-12/03/06-http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/magazine/03arabs.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br ?It is a travesty,? Bakry told me not long ago when we met in the downtown Cairo office of his newspaper, Al Osboa (?The Week?). Shelves around his desk were stuffed with plaques, honorary degrees and dozens of gilt replicas of Jerusalem?s Dome of the Rock. He fingered fancy prayer beads as he expounded in the way one would to an adoring crowd. ?The American agenda is promoting the rights of homosexuals,? he said in Arabic. ?I am not against freedom of expression, but this abnormal phenomenon should not be presented as natural. Even if it has roots here, it is rejected by society. And by Islam.?
(PDF - 332 Kb) Document Date: 3 Dec 2006 (Downloads: 115)
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