Iran mt immediately stay the executns of two women sentenced to ath for supportg the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr-diverse (LGBT) people, a large group of UN-appoted pennt human rights experts said on Wednday. |
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Human RightsIran mt immediately stay the executns of two women sentenced to ath for supportg the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr-diverse (LGBT) people, a large group of UN-appoted pennt human rights experts said on Wednday. Iran’s legal system explicly prohibs homosexualy, which unr the untry’s penal is punishable by ath. She says that the officer appeared to be foced on prsg charg related to the protts and therefore did not pursue the allegatns of homosexualy.
Iran’s Islamist regime persecut and discrimat agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) cizens. * iran lgbt news *
In addn to the outright homophobic reactns, an old qutn has rurfaced: "Is the 'right time' to speak of LGBTQ rights Iran?
They also note that rponse, top officials of the Islamic Republic are tensifyg their homophobic rhetoric. He said those untri were no place to "set norms for the world, sce they are phg humany towards the brk of extctn by promotg immoral behavur like homosexualy".
LGBT Rights Iran: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * iran lgbt news *
Recently, dozens helped a gay bety blogger make a vio llage which each of them repeated a sgle sentence: "We are untls.
Outcry over show trial, which follows Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani talkg to BBC about abe of gay people Iran’s Kurdish regn * iran lgbt news *
The Hengaw Organizatn for Human Rights reported that they were acced of promotg homosexualy, promotg Christiany and munitg wh media opposed to the Islamic 's judiciary later nfirmed the sentenc, but said they were nnected to human traffickg and not activism.
It ced her as sayg that she was forcibly disappeared for 53 days, durg which an IRGC agent allegedly subjected her to "tense terrogatns acpanied by verbal abe" and "threatened to execute or otherwise harm her and take away the ctody of her two young children" January, Seddiqi Hamedani was brought before a prosecutor Urmia, the largt cy Wt Azerbaijan, and told that she was acced of "spreadg rptn on Earth", cludg through promotg homosexualy, munitg wh hostile media and promotg Christiany, acrdg to group said the first two accatns stemmed om her public fence of LGBT rights on social media and her appearance a May 2021 BBC documentary about ab that LGBT people were sufferg Iraq's semi-tonomo Kurdistan Regn, where she had been Iranian law, same-sex sexual nduct is a crimal offence, wh punishments rangg om floggg to the ath penalty.
Ali Fazeli Monfared was allegedly killed by fay members who found out he was gay after he received a rd exemptg him om ary service. * iran lgbt news *
Augt 26, 2021—In a new LGBTQ Fact Sheet published today by the Center for Human Rights Iran (CHRI), the extreme rights vlatns and adly vlence perpetrated by both the state and society agast the LGBTQ muny (lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer) Iran are highlighted a ncise, accsible format for rearchers, journalists, and policymakers.
Outcry over show trial, which follows Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani talkg to BBC about abe of gay people Iran’s Kurdish regn * iran lgbt news *
Iran’s New Print Raisi: Homosexualy is “Nothg But Savagery”.