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.
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- 'GREAT FIRST STEP' AS SUDAN LIFTS ATH PENALTY AND FLOGGG FOR GAY SEX
- MACH NHIANY: THE FIRST SOUTH SUDANE OPEN GAY
'GREAT FIRST STEP' AS SUDAN LIFTS ATH PENALTY AND FLOGGG FOR GAY SEX
* sudan gay life *
AMMAN/LONDON (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - 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 cricised the relaxatn of the law nservative Sudan, where a transnal ernment has promised to lead the untry to mocracy after the topplg last year of tocrat Omar al-Bashir, who had been power sce 1989. Sudan was one of six untri, cludg Iran, Sdi Arabia, Yemen, Nigeria and Somalia, that imposed the ath penalty for gay sex, acrdg to the LGBT+ rights group Sudan’s old sodomy law, gay men faced 100 lash for the first offence, five years jail for the send and the ath penalty the third time around. The punishments have been rced to prison terms, rangg om five years to legal amendment was part of several reforms announced by the jtice mister on Saturday, cludg plans to crimalise apostasy - the abandonment of a relign - and to perm non-Mlims to nsume will also ban female genal mutilatn, which typilly volv the partial or total removal of the external genalia of girls and women, and allow women to travel wh their children whout a perm om a male relative, he said the ernment was discreet about droppg the ath penalty for gay sex and s amendment document did not tail what Article 148 - the sodomy law - was about.
“Congrats to the immoral people who achieved their misguid mands over female genal mutilatn, legimisg sodomy, drkg alhol, and openg bars and night clubs, ” said one Twter er wh the handle Elbarai, an LGBT+ activist based the pal Khartoum, weled the surprise move to lift the ath penalty but said would not change life much for gay people Sudan. 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.
MACH NHIANY: THE FIRST SOUTH SUDANE OPEN GAY
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.
Current statSce Feb 1, 1991Not legal Homosexualy is not legal Sudan.