Malaysia’s Hight Court Strik Down State Gay Sex Ban | Human Rights Watch

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• MALAYSIA’S HIGHT COURT STRIK DOWN STATE GAY SEX BAN
• MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN
• MALAYSIA: COURT RULES LAW BANNING GAY SEX UNCONSTITUTIONAL
• MALAYSIAN WS LANDMARK RIGHT TO CHALLENGE MLIM GAY SEX BAN
• MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN

MALAYSIA’S HIGHT COURT STRIK DOWN STATE GAY SEX BAN

The se aris om a 2018 raid on a private rince Selangor, which state relig enforcement officials arrted 11 men on charg of “attemptg” gay sex, unr sectn 28 of Selangor’s Syariah (Sharia, or Islamic law) crimal enactment. Malaysia’s feral laws are no more iendly to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people than s state laws.

(Kuala Lumpur) – Persistent Malaysian ernment-sponsored discrimatn threatens the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Malaysia, Human Rights Watch and Jtice for Sisters said a report released today.

MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN

” He said, “Spegoatg transgenr persons has bee a tactic applied by ultra nservative and natnalist policians, ” and that “The exploatn of societal homo/transphobia has proven a nvenient way to divert public attentn away om ernment failure to addrs prsg social issu and risg equali. A Malaysian man on Thursday won a landmark urt challenge agast an Islamic ban on sex “agast the orr of nature, ” raisg hop for greater acceptance of gay rights the mostly Mlim untry.

MALAYSIA: COURT RULES LAW BANNING GAY SEX UNCONSTITUTIONAL

The Mlim man his 30s – whose name has been whheld by his lawyer to protect his privacy – filed the lawsu after he was arrted the central Selangor state 2018 for attemptg gay sex, which he ni.

LGBT+ advot say Islamic laws have been creasgly ed to target the Southeast Asian untry’s gay muny, wh a rise arrts and punishments rangg om ng to jailg. Dpe the lg, gay Malaysian men still face up to 20 years jail unr a Brish lonial-era law that bans gay sex, known as Sectn 377.

In Malaysia, a untry of 32 ln where 60% of the populatn is Mlim, many gay people are not open about their sexualy. The man who lnched the legal challenge argued that Selangor had no power to enforce an Islamic ban on “terurse agast the orr of nature” when gay sex was already a crime unr civil laws. The man volved the legal challenge was among 11 men arrted on spicn of attemptg gay sex durg a raid at a private rince.

MALAYSIAN WS LANDMARK RIGHT TO CHALLENGE MLIM GAY SEX BAN

(Bangkok) – The Malaysian ernment should renounce a bet mister’s proposal to crease crimal penalti agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today. For stance, December, the Home Mistry banned a book entled “Gay is OK!

A Christian Perspective, ” and nounced homosexualy as “clearly forbidn and ntrary to all relig teachgs. ALEX DASHWOOD WRITES — Malaysia’s top urt on Febary 25th led that a Syariah (Sharia) state law banng gay sex “agast the orr of nature” was unnstutnal. The se “aris om a 2018 raid on a private rince Selangor, which state relig enforcement officials arrted 11 men on charg of ‘attemptg’ gay sex.

This file photo shows a same-sex uple holdg hands durg an event to raise awarens of gay rights Hong Kong on 25 May, 2019. A rabow flag, which is a symbol of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) pri and LGBTQ social movements, would be waved at pri paras rried out different parts of the world.

MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN

In some nservative Southeast Asian untri, homosexualy is still a taboo. Last year Sgapore, a bid to overturn a law that crimalis gay sex was dismissed by s High Court wh the judge sayg that the law was “important reflectg public sentiment and beliefs" Sgapore. Whereas Indonia, home to the largt Mlim populatn the world, tradnal relig mor tend to disapprove of homosexualy and cross-drsg.

Although homosexualy is not punishable by Indonia’s natnal law, is still owned upon. Moreover, at the lol level, homosexual or transgenr Mlims n be fed or punished unr provcial laws agast homosexualy and cross-drsg. For stance, Indonia’s provce of Aceh has a shariah-based anti-homosexualy law that punish anyone ught havg gay sex wh 100 lash.

Faced wh polil stabily, the Malaysian ernment rorted to heavy-hand tactics, vtigatg, and arbrarily arrtg those cril of the ernment and s polici, pursug a hardle anti-migrant policy, and threateng enhanced actn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people.