Global outcry over Meveni’s assent to dranian new anti-gay law, nmned as a ‘permissn slip for hate and humanisatn’
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THE DEATH PENALTY FOR BEING GAY?
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In 2022, ILGA Asia, the Internatnal Commissn of Jurists (ICJ) and five other anisatns nmned the e of vlence agast LGBTQ+ people a statement issued to mark Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Two gay men were executed Iran January 2022.
There was wispread uproar January 2022 when a human rights work said that two gay men had been executed Iran after spendg six years on ath row.
Iran mt immediately stay the executns of two women sentenced to ath for supportg the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr-diverse (LGBT) people, a large group of UN-appoted pennt human rights experts said on Wednday. | * lgbt death penalty *
In July 2022, another gay man was executed Iran unr a “sodomy” charge, acrdg to human rights groups.