Homophobia

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• Afghanistan: Taliban promises to brutally execute gays if it regains power in Afghanistan
  3 August, by siawi3

  “For homosexuals,” judge Gul Rahim told Bild, “there can only be two punishments: either stoning, or he must stand behind a wall that will fall down on him. The wall must be 2.5 to 3 meters high (8-10 ft).”

• Singapore: “A National Coming Out”: 10 Years Since Repeal 377A
  10 August, by siawi3

  10 years after an attempt to repeal an anti-gay law, Singapore’s LGBTQ activists are still seeking equality.

• The Ongoing Struggle for LGBTQ Equality in Vietnam
  10 August, by siawi3

  LGBTQ rights in Vietnam have improved in recent years, but traditional social norms and stigmas still make life difficult for queer individuals in the country.

• Poland’s LGBTQ protests are glimmers of hope in an illiberal dystopia
  10 August, by siawi3

  At her trial, Podleśna mounted a blistering defence speech worthy of a Hollywood movie. The duel between the church and Podleśna and her fellow conspirators, Anna Prus and Joanna Gzyra-Iskandar, crystallised the tensions raging in Poland between a modernising society and a conservative power structure. These showdowns matter: they should be sounding an alarm for Europe and beyond. It is in provincial courtrooms that Enlightenment values are being fought over; it’s there, in academia and above all in the streets that the future of a tolerant west will be decided.

• Afghanistan: Taliban will ‘weed out and exterminate’ LGBT+ people in Afghanistan, warns exiled gay author
  20 August, by siawi3

  “As bad as life was for LGBT under the regimes of Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani, there is no telling how severe it can get under the Taliban,” Sadat says. “It’s not hyperbolic to say that the Taliban will do what Nazis did to homosexuals: weed them out and exterminated them from Afghan society.”

• Canada: Open letter on support for women human rights defenders and LGBTQ rights defenders in Afghanistan
  20 August, by siawi3

  Put immediate measures in place to deliver on the Canadian promises of support for Afghan women rights advocates, women human rights defenders, LGBTIQ rights defenders and others. This includes concrete evacuation efforts for those who want to leave (including secure exit, support for asylum initiatives in neighbouring countries, timely information, etc.) and support for those who chose to stay (humanitarian aid, access to media, access to diplomatic channels, resourcing, etc.).

• Afghanistan: Gay Afghan man raped and beaten by cruel Taliban fighters after desperately trying to flee
  3 September, by siawi3

  A gay man in Afghanistan was beaten, raped and outed to his family by the Taliban when he tried to flee the country. Rainbow Railroad, a charity that helps LGBT+ asylum seekers, revealed that it has been in contact with more than 200 queer Afghans who are trying to escape.

• Bangladesh : Décision de justice contre des intégristes meurtriers d’homosexuels
  5 septembre, par siawi3

  6 membres du groupe Ansar Al-Islam, branche d’Al-Qaida dans le sous-continent indien, ont été condamnés à mort par un tribunal spécial antiterroriste du Bangladesh pour le meurtre de deux défenseurs des droits homosexuels.

• Bangladesh hands death sentence to 6 militants for killing gay activists
  5 September, by siawi3

  Six members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death on Tuesday by a court in Bangladesh for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners five years ago. Between 2013 and 2016, a spate of attacks targeting secular activists and religious minorities were claimed by Islamic State or al Qaeda-aligned groups.

• Bangladesh: Justice for murdered Bangledeshi LGBT pioneers
  9 September, by siawi3

  The six men convicted of murder have been named as Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haq, Mozammel Hossain, Arafat Rahman, Sheikh Abdullah, Asadullah, and Akram Hossain.The Special Anti-Terrorism Tribunal also convicted all six men for being part of a terrorist group. Police believe the same organisation is responsible for the deaths of numerous activists. Two convicted of murdering Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy are on the run

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