Tag: decriminalisation
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Uzbekistan: Independent Blogger Attacked After Defending LGBTQ Rights
Ensure Effective Investigation; Condemn Flagrant Homophobia
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High Court in Singapore Dismisses Challenges to Criminalisation of Same-Sex Relations
The High Court of Singapore has dismissed three different cases challenging the constitutionality of section 377A of the country’s Penal Code, which criminalises same-sex relations between men.
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A Third of the World’s Countries Continue to Criminalise Same-Sex Relations
On September 6 a year has passed since the Supreme Court of India made the historic decision to decriminalise same-sex relations, causing reverberations across the world, and symbolising the global trend towards decriminalisation.
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Gay presidential candidate in Tunisia appeals exclusion
Cofounder of ‘Shams’ says ruling was vague and without reason.
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Tunisia: End Persecution of LGBTQ People
Tunisia should revise its laws and practices to recognise and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, Human Rights Watch said on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia.
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Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalisation of homosexuality
The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump’s top geopolitical foe.