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’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. (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.

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. 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.

Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group has filed a lawsu agast the Malaysian ernment for nfistg rabow-loured watch that celebrate LGBTQ rights, an act the pany says has damaged s pots:Swatch filed the lawsu after officials impound 172 Pri llectn watch om stor across Malaysia The seizure notic scribed the watch as havg elements promotg LGBTQ rights and potentially breachg Malaysian lawThe Swiss watchmaker is seekg damag and the return of the watchHomosexualy is a crime Mlim-majory Malaysia, and rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast the untry's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer May, Malaysian thori nfisted watch om Swatch's Pri llectn bee of the prence of the letters LGBTQ on the watch, the untry's 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 Court, was first reported on Monday by the Malay Mail, a Malaysian news webse. 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.