In the latt Ai the News, Brandon Routman reps the recent anti-gay legislatn passed Uganda, peace talks Ethpia to end vlence South Sudan, and highlights om the Foright Ai report.
Contents:
- AI THE NEWS: HARSH ANTI-GAY LAW PASS UGANDA, SOUTH SUDAN ENTERS PEACE TALKS, AND AI 2014
- POPE FRANCIS PH BACK AGAST ANTI-GAY LAWS VISS WH AIN LEARS
- 'GREAT FIRST STEP' AS SUDAN LIFTS ATH PENALTY AND FLOGGG FOR GAY SEX
AI THE NEWS: HARSH ANTI-GAY LAW PASS UGANDA, SOUTH SUDAN ENTERS PEACE TALKS, AND AI 2014
LGBT Rights South Sudan: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * south sudan gay rights *
Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)Censorship✔ No censorshipNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsConversn Therapy✖ Not banned.
POPE FRANCIS PH BACK AGAST ANTI-GAY LAWS VISS WH AIN LEARS
LGBT Rights Sudan: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * south sudan gay rights *
HistoryHomosexual activy South Sudan?
Homosexual activy South Sudan is illegal (imprisonment as punishment). Current statSce Jul 8, 2011Not legal As homosexualy is a punishable offense, same sex marriage is also not legalCensorship of LGBT Issu South Sudan? Current statSce Jul 9, 2011No protectns No protectn is granted as homosexualy is illegalLGBT employment discrimatn South Sudan?
'GREAT FIRST STEP' AS SUDAN LIFTS ATH PENALTY AND FLOGGG FOR GAY SEX
LGBT Rights Uny, South Sudan: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * south sudan gay rights *
Current statSce Jul 9, 2011Illegal No protectn granted as homosexualy is illegalBlood donatns by MSMs South Sudan?
* south sudan gay rights *
N/A Homosexualy is currently illegal. Signifint human rights issu clud ernment-perpetrated extrajudicial killgs, cludg ethnilly based, targeted killgs of civilians; forced disappearanc; torture and s of cel, human, and gradg treatment or punishment; harsh and life-threateng prison ndns; arbrary tentn; polil prisoners or tae; polilly motivated reprisal agast dividuals loted outsi the untry; ser problems wh the pennce of the judiciary; arbrary or unlawful terference wh privacy; ser ab an ternal nflict, cludg unlawful killg of civilians, enforced disappearanc or abductns, torture and physil ab or punishment, unlawful recment or e of child soldiers, mass forced displacement, wispread sexual and genr-based vlence, and e of food as a weapon of war; ser rtrictns on ee exprsn, the prs, and the ter, cludg vlence agast and timidatn and tentn of journalists; closure of media ho, censorship, and se blockg; substantial terference wh the rights of peaceful assembly and eedom of associatn, such as overly rtrictive nonernmental anizatn laws; signifint rtrictns on eedom of movement; abily of cizens to change their ernment peacefully through ee and fair electns; rtrictns on polil participatn; ser acts of rptn; lack of vtigatn and acuntabily for vlence agast women; traffickg persons; crim volvg vlence targetg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or tersex persons; the e of laws crimalizg nsensual same-sex sexual nduct between adults; and existence of the worst forms of child labor.
Pope Francis phed back agast the nmnatn of the gay muny and anti-gay laws after visg wh Ain lears on Sunday. * south sudan gay rights *
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) persons reported secury forc routely harassed and sometim arrted, taed, tortured, and beat them. Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (up to life prison as punishment)Censorship✖ State-enforcedNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsConversn Therapy✖ Not banned.
Sudan's cisn to lift the ath penalty and floggg as punishment for gay sex was hailed by LGBT+ activists on Thursday as a promisg sign after almost four s of Islamist le, wh lls for prison sentenc to be abolished as well. * south sudan gay rights *
Public OpnRearch atttus towards LGBTQ+ issu Sudan have intified a strong opposn to LGBTQ+ rights, reflectg unrlyg homophobic sentiments, based on the limed rmatn available Sudan. HistoryHomosexual activy Sudan?
Homosexual activy Sudan is illegal (up to life prison as punishment). Illegal (ath penalty as punishment)Homosexualy unr the third nvictn n rult the ath penalty.