MALAYSIA: COURT RULES LAW BANNING GAY SEX UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Contents:

• 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.

MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN

(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. ” 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.

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.

MALAYSIA: COURT RULES LAW BANNING GAY SEX UNCONSTITUTIONAL

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. (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.

MALAYSIAN WS LANDMARK RIGHT TO CHALLENGE MLIM 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.

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. 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.

MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN

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.

Homosexual activy is illegal Malaysia unr both secular and relig is punishable by a prison sentence or rporal filed s lawsu last month at the High Court Kuala Lumpur.

The amendments to sharia crimal laws were proposed rponse to social media posts celebratg the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny as part of Pri Month June, said Ahmad Marz Shaary, puty mister charge of relig affairs, a statement. Later that year, five men were sentenced to jail, ng and f for attemptg gay sex. Homosexualy is a crime Mlim-majory Malaysia, and rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast the untry's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) May, Malaysian thori nfisted watch om Swatch's 'Pri llectn' bee of the prence of the letters 'LGBTQ' on the watch, the home mister mistry officials "illegally" seized 172 watch om 16 outlets, Swatch said urt documents seen by lawsu, filed on June 24 at the Kuala Lumpur high urt, was first reported on Monday by the Malay Mail, a Malaysian news webse.

Malaysia has jailed or ned people for homosexualy.