All posts tagged "amnesty international"
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9 Gay Men to be Crucified and Stoned to Death in Yemen
A Houthi court in Yemen has sentenced nine people to death by stoning and crucifixion on homosexuality charges.
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Gay Sex Banned in South Korean Military
South Korea's constitutional court has upheld a ban on consensual same-sex relations between soldiers in the armed forces.
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The Riley Roundup: International LGBTQ News Edition
A court rules Bulgaria must recognize a same-sex relationship, while another in Kenya finds LGBTQ people have the right to freely associate.
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Man Faces Death Penalty for Violating Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law
A 20-year-old man in Uganda could face the death penalty after being charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under the country's anti-gay law.
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Ugandan Law Criminalizes People Who Identify as LGBTQ and their Allies
Ugandan lawmakers have passed a bill that would not only imprison out LGBTQ people, but those who support them or spread pro-LGBTQ messages.
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Indonesian Soldiers Jailed for Consensual Gay Sex
Two Indonesian male soldiers have been sentenced to seven months in prison for engaging in consensual sex, which is considered a form of “inappropriate behavior”...
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World Cup Host Qatar Criticized for Anti-LGBTQ Human Rights Abuses
As Qatar prepares to host the FIFA World Cup, the top global soccer competition held every four years, the Middle Eastern nation is coming under...
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Thousands March in Anti-LGBTQ Demonstration in Turkey
Several thousand people took part in a march in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday that had been organized to call for the government-enforced shuttering of all...
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Kuwait overturns law used to prosecute trans people
Kuwait has overturned a law prohibiting "imitation of the opposite sex" that critics say was used to arrest and imprison transgender people.
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An Indonesian trans woman was burned to death. Police won’t charge anyone with murder.
Suspects were charged with aggravated assault because police claim they didn't intend to set the victim on fire
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Russian reporter who broke story on Chechnya’s torture of gay men attacked by gang
Elena Milashina claims the attack against her appeared "coordinated, orchestrated"
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George Clooney, Elton John urging hotel boycott to protest Brunei’s anti-gay stoning law
Celebrities urge consumers not to allow their money to be used to bolster countries that commit human rights abuses
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10 men arrested for participating in “gay wedding” in Tanzania subjected to anal examinations
Arrests come amid government efforts to out LGBTQ people and prosecute them under anti-sodomy laws
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Romania to hold referendum on whether to ban gay marriage
Religious leaders and American social conservatives, applied pressure to lawmakers in pushing for constitutional referendum
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Malaysian court postpones caning of two lesbian women
Activists argue that caning is cruel and inhuman punishment, and violates international treaties
