Uzbekistan: Gay Men Face Abe, Prison | Human Rights Watch

Contents:

• RABOW RAGE: KYRGYZ RAIL AGAST LGBT COMMUNY AFTER CENTRAL ASIA'S 'FIRST' GAY-PRI MARCH
• UZBEKISTAN: GAY MEN FACE ABE, PRISON
• WILLIAMS INSTUTE READG ROOM: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR ROURC LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY: EUROPE/CENTRAL ASIA
• THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS
• GAY BANGKOK
• GAY PATTAYA
• GAY ASIA TRAVEL GUI

RABOW RAGE: KYRGYZ RAIL AGAST LGBT COMMUNY AFTER CENTRAL ASIA'S 'FIRST' GAY-PRI MARCH

Acrdg to a report by Labrys, an LGBT anizatn, there was a 300 percent crease vlent attacks agast Bishkek’s gay muny followg the troductn of the proposed legislatn. In such a homophobic atmosphere, even mted LGBT activists have admted to feelg powerls and unwillg to keep standg up for their suatn Tajikistan is hardly better than Kyrgyzstan. A few months ago, Masskva was beaten Mosw by his fellow untrymen who acced him of beg gay and brgg shame to the Tajik LGBT climate Kazakhstan is better than the rt of Central Asia, but vlence and discrimatn still exist.

Gay people those untri often choose to move overseas if they n, live secrecy at their own risk of exposure, or live double liv. Some openly speak out about their inti and rally for their rights, but social stigma, homophobia, and harassment are wispread the nservative, predomantly Mlim societi. We also heard Dastan Kasmamytov, a gay activist om Kyrgyzstan, talk about his mpaign to crease the visibily of queer people Central Asia by raisg a rabow flag on the world’s hight peaks.

UZBEKISTAN: GAY MEN FACE ABE, PRISON

What many nsir the first gay-pri march ever held Central Asia has unleashed a storm of ntroversy Kyrgyzstan, wh threats of vlence agast participants, unterprotts, and fiery parliamentary bate over whether to re civil society.

"The men who do not want to have children and the girls who do not want to pour not only be cursed, they mt be beaten, " Kyrgyz parliament puty Jyldyz Mabekova wrote on Facebook of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) supporters who took part the march the Kyrgyz pal, wh several of them rryg rabow flags.

WILLIAMS INSTUTE READG ROOM: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR ROURC LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY: EUROPE/CENTRAL ASIA

(Berl) – Men Uzbekistan who engage nsensual same-sex sexual nduct face arbrary tentn, prosecutn, and imprisonment as well as homophobia, threats, and extortn, Human Rights Watch said today. “Article 120, and ab lked to , has placed gay and bisexual men Uzbekistan a eply vulnerable and margalized posn, leavg them wh almost no protectn om harassment by police and others, ” said Hugh Williamson, director of the Europe and Central Asia divisn at Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Watch terviewed ne gay men and lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) activists and reviewed other material, such as vios pictg and enuragg huiatn, sults, beatgs, or sexual abe of gay men that were posted onle and homophobic social media groups, such as TashGangs. The men terviewed, who asked to rema anonymo, said that they faced arbrary arrts, threats, extortn, psychologil prsure, and physil attacks by both police and non-state actors for beg gay.

In a Febary 2020 report, the Eurasian Coaln on Health, Rights, Genr and Sexual Diversy (ECOM), an alliance of nonernmental anizatns workg on LGBT issu, cg lol activists, documented that police Uzbekistan harassed gay men, tag and terrogatg several of them between Augt 15 and September 15, 2019.

THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS

Media outlets Uzbekistan also reported on the shockg se of Shokir Shavkatov, a 25-year-old man who was found stabbed to ath his apartment September 2019, jt days after he me out as gay on his Instagram page.

” In December 2020, ne ternatnal human rights anizatns issued a statement llg on the Uzbek ernment to “stop punishg homosexualy and rpect the human rights of all. In s May 2020 nclns, the UN Human Rights Commtee lled on the Uzbek ernment to repeal Article 120 and exprsed ncerns about “ntug reports of discrimatn, harassment and vlence, cludg extortn, arbrary arrt, torture and sexual abe, agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons by State officials and private dividuals, cludg plac of privatn of liberty, and about the mandatory disclosure of private medil rmatn. Human Rights Watch nducted a total of ne terviews wh gay men om Uzbekistan and Central Asian LGBT activists November 2020 and Febary 2021.

Alisher hired a lawyer and reported the attack to the police but did not mentn the homophobic motive of the attack, fearg prosecutn unr article 120.

GAY BANGKOK

Usg obscene language, the man told Timur that “he hat ‘such people’ [gay men]” and that “Allah should extermate all ‘such’ people.

He ntued threateng and puttg psychologil prsure on me by sayg that he would disclose my [sexual] orientatn to others, share our nversatns wh the police, and send my photos to homophobic onle groups that publish personal data of LGBT people and ll for retaliatn agast them.

GAY PATTAYA

Two months later, however, Timur found a photo of himself an onle gay-datg group wh a warng that he was “HIV-posive, blackmailg, and extortg money om people. After some time, Umid fled his parents’ home, but they ntued to ll him, threateng to report him to the police for beg gay unls he agreed to get married.

I don’t thk this is jt a bunch of hooligans or homophob, looks like a gang that has refully planned each and every step, targetg me. Social media, K-pop, boys love dramas and gay characters on Netflix – all have played a part brgg LGBT issu to the mastream, activists say.

GAY ASIA TRAVEL GUI

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