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Contents:
- TALIBAN SHOT GAY AFGHAN MAN AD AND SENT GRAPHIC FOOTAGE OF THE MURR TO HIS LOVED ON, BOYIEND SAYS
- ‘A VIRTUAL ATH SENTENCE’: GAY AFGHANS BRACE FOR UNCERTA FUTURE UNR TALIBAN
- GAY AFGHAN: THE TALIBAN KILLED MY BOYIEND
- GAY AFGHAN SAYS THE TALIBAN BURNED HIM, LIV 'LIKE A PRISONER' NOW
- TALIBAN CUT AFGHAN MAN’S BODY TO PIEC TO ‘SHOW WHAT THEY DO WH GAY PEOPLE’
- AFGHANISTAN: GAY MAN KABUL 'RAPED AND BEATEN' BY TALIBAN AFTER BEG TRICKED TO MEETG
- THE TALIBAN RAPED AND BEAT A GAY MAN KABUL AFTER TRICKG HIM TO A MEETG WH A PROMISE OF PE OM AFGHANISTAN, SAYS REPORT
- GAY MEN AFGHANISTAN SAY LIFE UNR TALIBAN 'NIGHTMARE,' ULD BE KILLED ON THE SPOT
- ‘JT LIKE THE NAZIS’: GAY AFGHANS FACE ‘EXTERMATN’ UNR TALIBAN
TALIBAN SHOT GAY AFGHAN MAN AD AND SENT GRAPHIC FOOTAGE OF THE MURR TO HIS LOVED ON, BOYIEND SAYS
Graphic footage, which Insir viewed, appears to show Hamed Sabouri, a 22-year-old gay Afghan, beg shot the head and neck several tim. * gay man killed in afghanistan *
A gay 22-year-old Afghan man was kidnapped and killed by the Taliban, Pk News reported. A gay Afghan man was kidnapped and shot to ath by the Taliban, acrdg to activists who knew him, Pk News was the first to Sabouri of Kabul, Afghanistan, died on Augt 5, activists said.
Graphic vio footage of a murr, which Insir has viewed, appears to show a man remblg Sabouri beg shot the neck and head at least 12 later, the Taliban sent the disturbg executn vio to Sabouri's relativ and iends, who, turn, forward to the Afghan LGBTQ+ group a statement to Insir, Nemat Sadat, Roshaniya's executive director, said: "Hamed Sabouri was a gay man wh big dreams that have now been shattered.
"Sadat said Sabouri, who had wanted to be a doctor, had "endured discrimatn his whole life for beg gay and his life me to an abpt end wh no one there to help him.
‘A VIRTUAL ATH SENTENCE’: GAY AFGHANS BRACE FOR UNCERTA FUTURE UNR TALIBAN
A gay stunt om Kabul tells Newsbeat how life has changed unr the Taliban. * gay man killed in afghanistan *
"Bahar (his nickname, ed to protect his inty), a gay Afghan man a relatnship wh Sabouri, was one of the recipients of the vio. "I thk the Taliban wanted to send a dangero msage to his fay, " he told scribed his former boyiend as a "very kd boy" who was "btally killed" bee of his said he thought Sabouri was jokg when he told him July that the Taliban was targetg him and was " danger" for beg gay. "When the Taliban took over, Insir spoke to several gay men Afghanistan who scribed how they were livg fear.
One Afghan activist predicted gay people Afghanistan would be "weed out and extermated. Image source, Getty ImagBefore the Taliban uprisg Afghanistan, life for gay man Abdul (his name has been changed) was already dangero. If he'd spoken about his sexualy to the wrong person then, Abdul uld have been arrted and taken to urt for his sexualy, unr Afghan sce the Taliban seized ntrol of major ci Afghanistan last week, Abdul tells Rad 1 Newsbeat his sexualy beg revealed would now have him "killed on the spot" Taliban are a ary group who have taken ntrol of the untry, and are known to enforce extreme Islamic the Taliban's terpretatn of Sharia Law, homosexualy is strictly prohibed and punishable by last time they were power Afghanistan, between the late 90s and 2001, 21-year-old Abdul hadn't been born.
He says: "As a gay person Afghanistan, you nnot reveal yourself, even to your fay or your iends. "I want a future that I n live eely, and not be poted out by people sayg you n't be gay here. "Even if the Taliban accepts a woman the ernment, school, they will never accept gay or LGBT people.
GAY AFGHAN: THE TALIBAN KILLED MY BOYIEND
One man fears "the Taliban will not stop until they eradite all gay people om Afghanistan." * gay man killed in afghanistan *
Faraz, who asked to be intified by only one name, is a 25-year-old gay man who said he fears for himself and his three sons. “The Taliban is search of the gay people.
Among those seekg to flee are LGBTQ Afghans like N and homosexualy has long been crimalized Afghanistan, advot fear the suatn for gay Afghans will bee even more perilo unr the Taliban, who may choose to apply the ath penalty for same-sex nduct, which they reportedly did durg their first stt power om ’s nsired ‘at risk’? Homosexualy was crimalized unr the prev Afghan ernment, and LGBTQ people reported facg vlence and harassment, cludg om state officials.
“LGBTQI persons are uniquely vulnerable to forced displacement and are targets of state-sponsored homophobia, transphobia and biphobia, ” he said. Currently, at least 67 untri crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct, of which the ath penalty may be applied up to 11, cludg Afghanistan, acrdg to a report by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) for those who are able to flee their untri of orig, challeng rema. AfghanGay men Afghanistan have told the Brish news se the i about the fears they have now that the Taliban have gaed ntrol of the untry.
GAY AFGHAN SAYS THE TALIBAN BURNED HIM, LIV 'LIKE A PRISONER' NOW
A gay Afghan man has scribed how the Taliban killed his boyiend and "cut his body to piec" to "show what they do wh gay people". * gay man killed in afghanistan *
Afterwards they said they brought the body [back] and cut his body to piec to show the people that this is what we do wh gay people, ” Gabir told the believg the killg to be te, Gabir said he kept llg his boyiend’s phone. He said, ‘I know you are gay, before pturg Kabul we knew everythg about you, you have three or four iends who are gay, you have a boyiend. A gay man was executed Afghanistan by members of the Taliban recently, who then sent vio of the horrific murr to the man's fay.
"Life is hell for every LGBT Afghan, " Bahar, a gay man and member of Behht Collective, told the outlet, also addg that, "Taliban terrorists are worse than wild animals. The Taliban will regularly seize the phon of men spected of beg gay.
TALIBAN CUT AFGHAN MAN’S BODY TO PIEC TO ‘SHOW WHAT THEY DO WH GAY PEOPLE’
Afghan activists told Insir that even durg the prev ernments, gay men would be lured to their aths through social media. * gay man killed in afghanistan *
Some gay men the untry have been scbbg or even letg their social media acunts, as the Taliban will regularly search for profil wh LGBTQ+ ntent. "Sadat, an activist who helps gay men flee across the borr to neighborg Pakistan, said he has chosen to stay the untry and help others pe the year, a gay man g the psdonym Gabir reported his boyiend had been seized by the Taliban. Another gay man now hidg for his safety reported last year that he was burned and tortured by the Taliban.
Earlier this year, a gay nonbary person reported they felt "alone" after the Taliban tortured and stabbed them 18 tim wh a knife. "The ath of Hamed Sabouri is further proof that the Taliban will not stop until they eradite all gay people om Afghanistan, " Sadat said.
A gay man om Afghanistan said he was burned by the Taliban. While homosexualy was still punishable by ath the years sce the Taliban fell, the punishment hadn't been applied sce 2001.
AFGHANISTAN: GAY MAN KABUL 'RAPED AND BEATEN' BY TALIBAN AFTER BEG TRICKED TO MEETG
Gay men Afghanistan are scribg the Taliban’s takeover as a “nightmare” and live fear that they uld be executed at any moment. * gay man killed in afghanistan *
Durg the Taliban's le the 1990s, gay men were sentenced to ath Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, and elsewhere the has already been reportg of gay men beg killed by the Taliban over their sexual orientatn. A gay man Afghanistan has scribed how the Taliban killed his boyiend and “cut his body to piec” to “show what they do wh gay people”.
THE TALIBAN RAPED AND BEAT A GAY MAN KABUL AFTER TRICKG HIM TO A MEETG WH A PROMISE OF PE OM AFGHANISTAN, SAYS REPORT
“Afterwards they said they brought the body [back] and cut his body to piec to show the people that this is what we do wh gay people. He recently received an anonymo ll om someone who told him: “I know you are gay, before pturg Kabul we knew everythg about you, you have three or four iends who are gay, you have a boyiend.
Gay Afghan thor Nemat Sadat recently told PkNews that the Taliban will “weed out and extermate” Afghanistan’s LGBT+ muny: “They n eher awa a slow ath or a quick one. Homosexualy was illegal the untry even unr a mocratilly elected ernment. “That is, they will appot rmants to lure gay and bisexual men onle and public spac and take them to a seclud spot and kill them and dispose of their bodi.
Report by ITV News digal journalist Jocelyn Evans"Two people raped him, they beat him, and then mand his father's number so they uld tell him his son was gay. "In Taliban-ntrolled Afghanistan, this is the realy for LGBT+ people livg the victim, we'll ll Hanan to protect his inty, had been talkg to a man on social media for three weeks before agreeg to meet, a gay man terrified sce the Taliban took ntrol of the untry, had been promised a safe way out of the was ceived - two members of the Taliban met him and rried out their btal survived but is livg silence, shock, and shame unr a regime tent on not jt nyg, but extguishg the existence of him and we who are like him. The Taliban raped and beat a gay man Kabul after lurg him to meetg them through social media.
GAY MEN AFGHANISTAN SAY LIFE UNR TALIBAN 'NIGHTMARE,' ULD BE KILLED ON THE SPOT
Afghan LGBTQ activists told Insir that prev ernments ed siar tactics to trap gay men.
The Taliban raped and beat a gay man after dupg him to meetg them, a report om ITV outlet said that Hanan, a psdonym given to protect his inty, had been speakg to a man on social media who promised to help him fd a safe way out of LGBTQ people have been sperately tryg to flee the untry followg the Taliban agreed to meet the man Kabul after speakg for three weeks onle, who unbeknownst to him were actually Taliban Hanan met the men, they raped and beat him, Afghan LGBTQ rights activist Artemis Akbary told told the outlet that Taliban fighters are likely to do this aga.
Insir recently spoke to men om Afghanistan's secret gay muny, who said they are livg through a "nightmare" and fear of their futur unr Taliban their prev le, the ant group executed gay men.
‘JT LIKE THE NAZIS’: GAY AFGHANS FACE ‘EXTERMATN’ UNR TALIBAN
In July, German newspaper Bild reported that a Taliban judge vowed to sentence gay men to ath by stong or beg cshed by a ne-foot activists told Insir that gay men would be lured to their aths through social media even durg the prev ernments.
"Social media was basilly ed by the ernment to create honey traps to ba gay and bisexual men, " LGBTQ activist Nemat Sadat told Insir. This was unr Ashraf Ghani and Hamid Karzai, " he Zaher, an Afghan thor and gay rights activist, told Insir that gay people would often vanish after meetg up wh men they met on social media, who turned out to be ernment officials warned that the Taliban were likely to e the same tactics.
Gay men Afghanistan have told the Brish news se the i about the fears they have now that the Taliban have gaed ntrol of the untry. Afterwards they said they brought the body [back] and cut his body to piec to show the people that this is what we do wh gay people, " Gabir told the believg the killg to be te, Gabir said he kept llg his boyiend's phone.