As the UK ernment fights to save s Rwanda asylum plan the Supreme Court, a gay man om the untry reports on the dangers facg the muny
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GAY RWANDA NEWS & REPORTS 2003-10
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The partment warns that while there is no law forbiddg same-sex relatns, homosexualy is “owned on by many” Rwanda and LGBT+ people experience “discrimatn and abe”. “That is the advice given to gay people this untry om the Foreign Office, jt round the rner om you, ” said host Niall Paterson. Among them is Dr S Chelvan, head of immigratn and public law at the firm 33 Bedford Row, who told PkNews that if enacted, the plan “will rult genue gay refuge beg ported to ath”.
The rmatn he offered about gay life Rwanda vered a wi spectm of topics rangg om gay life Kigali, the nstutn, and the ncerns about HIV/AIDS. " In my untry there are a lot of gay people, but they have to live hidg and they n’t e out to embrace their sexual orientatn, bee they are aaid of rejectn by their fai, iends and the society.
Uncharacteristic of someone who is livg relative enclosure om homophobic attacks bee of his maral stat, Eric has a strategic plan for Rwandan LGBTI muny. On 15 January 2007, IGLHRC and ILGA sent a letter to the print of Rwanda, Pl Kagame, askg him to rensir plans to clu of a provisn that would penalize homosexualy as part of an overall revisn to the Rwandan penal currently beg bated. Commissners of the Ain Commissn on Human and Peopl’ Rights have also qutned the patibily of anti-homosexualy laws wh the Ain Charter examg the state reports of Cameroon and Uganda at the 39th and 40th Ordary Ssns of the Commissn.
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Crimalizg homosexualy will only hamper s efforts to fight HIV, by drivg same-sex practicg Rwanse unrground and makg them even more aaid to discs their sexual behavr wh medil personnel, unselors, their hbands, wiv and non-maral partners. Addg an anti-homosexualy law to the Rwandan penal will serve no purpose other than to provi a legal platform on which to discrimate.
We are wrg to you today on behalf of our two anizatns—the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn (IGLHRC) and the Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn (ILGA)—to ask your ernment to rensir the promulgatn of a new law that penaliz nsensual relatnships between adults of the same sex. The Uned Natns Human Rights Commtee has held that laws that crimalize nsensual, private homosexual nduct vlate protectns for privacy and non-discrimatn the Internatnal Covenant on Civil and Polil Rights (ICCPR). Crimalizg homosexualy will only hamper your efforts to fight HIV, by drivg gay and bisexual Rwanse unrground and makg them even more aaid than they already are to discs their sexual behavr wh medil personnel, unselors, their hbands, wiv and partners.
Your Excellency, addg an anti-homosexualy law to your penal will serve no purpose other than to provi a legal platform on which to discrimate agast the cizens. Khartoum (Rters) – When Ali started bloggg that he was Sudane and gay, he did not realize he was jog a band of Ain and Middle Eastern gays and lbians who, the face of hostily and reprsn, have e out onle.
LGBT Rights Rwanda: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay life in rwanda *
Ctn is ccial – homosexual acts are illegal most untri Ai and the Middle East, wh penalti rangg om long-term imprisonment to executn. "If you haven’t heard or seen any gays Sudan then allow me to tell you ‘You Don’t live In The Real World then, ’" Ali wrote a msage to other Sudane bloggers.
" His feelgs were echoed a mi-manifto at the start of the blog "Rants and rav of a Kenyan gay man" that stated: "The Kenyan gay man is a myth and you may never meet one your lifetime. Some are more measured: "The fact that you are a gay Sudane and proudly postg about self is jt not natural, " a rear lled ‘sudani’ posted on Ali’s blog.
GlobalGayz terviews a young gay Rwandan about the strong anti-gay laws and relig and social attus Rwanda. * gay life in rwanda *
Some of the bloggers e the diary-style format to share the ups and downs of gay life — the dilemma of whether to e out to iends and relativ, the risks of meetg known gay bars, or, acrdg to blogger "…and then God created Men! Kenya’s "Rants and Rav" reported that gay people were targets the untry’s electn vlence, while blogger Gira foced on claims that boys had been raped durg rts.
There was also wispread bate on the ments ma by Iran’s Print Mahmoud Ahmadejad last September about homosexuals his untry. "It is the rare soul who is willg to go up agast such bld and vlent ignorance and advote for gay rights and rpect, " said Richard Ammon of which hosts gay stori, news and reports throughout the world. " There are a number of people om the muny who are bloggg both om Ai and the diaspora but is still que sporadic, " said Nigerian blogger Sokari Eke who keeps a directory of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr blogs on her own Web se Black Looks.