The horrifyg murr of a 20-year-old gay man Iran has shed new light on how the crimalizatn of nsensual same-sex sexual nduct and genr non-nformy perpetuat systemic vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people (LGBTI), said Amnty Internatnal a tailed analysis issued to mark the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, […]
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IRAN: MURR OF GAY MAN HIGHLIGHTS DANGERS OF STATE-SANCTNED AB AGAST LGBTI PEOPLE
Iran’s Islamist regime persecut and discrimat agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) cizens. * lgbt iran twitter *
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. 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.
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In a 2020 survey of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) Iranians nducted by the Iranian Lbian and Transgenr Network (6Rang), almost 20 percent of participants claimed to have been victims of vlence by police officers, secury forc, prosecutors, and/or judg.