Northern Cyps anti-gay law to be challenged | PkNews

Contents:

• NORTHERN CYPS VOT TO LEGALISE GAY SEX
• NORTHERN CYPS LIFTS BAN ON GAY SEX
• GAY RIGHTS: UPDATE TO HOMOSEXUAL RELATNS LAWS IN NORTH CYPS.
• BEG GAY AND LIVG NORTHERN CYPS
• NORTHERN CYPS ANTI-GAY LAW TO BE CHALLENGED
• GAY DATG CYPS

NORTHERN CYPS VOT TO LEGALISE GAY SEX

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1%)Jtifiabily of homosexualy?

NORTHERN CYPS LIFTS BAN ON GAY SEX

Perceived Acceptance of Gay People? HistoryHomosexual activy Cyps? Homosexual activy Cyps is legal.

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GAY RIGHTS: UPDATE TO HOMOSEXUAL RELATNS LAWS IN NORTH CYPS.

UnequalAge of nsent for homosexual upl set at 18 vers 16 for heterosexual upl. Northern Cyps, the last jurisdictn Europe where gay sex between nsentg adults was illegal, has voted to remove the offence om s statute books. Turkish Cyprt puti passed an amendment on Monday repealg a lonial-era law that punished homosexual acts wh up to five years change still has to be endorsed by the breakaway republic's print, Derviş Eroğlu, who is expected to support the enacted, the new law will mean that no stat Europe, Atralasia or North Ameri crimalise homosexualy.

BEG GAY AND LIVG NORTHERN CYPS

The ntrastg trend Ai, however, has been for new laws banng gay groups to e before lol parliaments; this month Nigeria began to enforce harsh legislatn agast same-sex change of heart by MPs Northern Cyps has been partially fluenced by neighbourg Turkey's enthiasm for revalisg negotiatns wh the EU on s future actn agast Northern Cyps's laws crimalisg homosexualy had also been lnched at the European urt of human rights Strasbourg by the London-based Human Digny legalised gay sex between nsentg adults after a lg by the human rights urt 1993, but the divisn between the island's Greek and Turkish republics meant many crimal laws hered om the era of Brish lonial occupatn – cludg the ban on homosexualy – remaed force the North. Jonathan Cooper, the chief executive of the Human Digny Tst, said: "This is a historic day for gay people Europe and a major victory for human rights, equaly and the Human Digny Tst. Nowhere Europe now still crimalis gay people and we are proud to say that we have played a signifint role brgg this shameful chapter European history to an end.

NORTHERN CYPS ANTI-GAY LAW TO BE CHALLENGED

"Laws agast private, nsentg homosexual acts between adults crimalise someone's very inty and have no place the morn world. "The pernic anti-gay laws, which protect no one and e ep distrs and harm to gay and lbian people, still exist 82 legal jurisdictns.

"The tst's se had been supported by the Northern Cyprt lbian and gay anisatn Queer Cyps.

GAY DATG CYPS

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