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.
Contents:
- 'GREAT FIRST STEP' AS SUDAN LIFTS ATH PENALTY AND FLOGGG FOR GAY SEX
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
'GREAT FIRST STEP' AS SUDAN LIFTS ATH PENALTY AND FLOGGG FOR GAY SEX
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.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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.