Sunak Apologiz for Historic Treatment of UK Gay Veterans - Bloomberg

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• INSI TUNISIA'S SHAMS RAD - THE ARAB WORLD'S 'ONLY GAY RAD STATN'
• FIRST LGBT RAD STATN IN THE ARAB WORLD LNCH IN TUNISIARAD SHAMS LNCHED ON DECEMBER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYDECEMBER 18, 2017/8:40 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DUBAI, UAEBY DAN AVERYDECEMBER 18, 2017 / 8:40 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FIRST LGBT RAD STATN IN THE ARAB WORLD LNCH IN TUNISIA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-12-18T13:40:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-12-18T13:40:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NEW RAD STATN HAS LNCHED TUNISIA WH A FOC ON LGBT RIGHTS, A FIRST THE ARAB WORLD. BROADSTG AS OF DECEMBER 15, RAD SHAMS IS THE BRACHILD OF THE LGBT RIGHTS ANIZATN SHAMS, WH SUPPORT OM THE DUTCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OUR GOAL IS TO BE DIBLE EVERYWHERE, NOT ONLY TUNISIA, WHICH IS FEASIBLE WH THIS FORMAT," STATN DIRECTOR BOUHDID BELHADI TOLD HUFFPOST TUNISIA, AND SHARE THE HOPE THAT LGBT PEOPLE “N LIVE A TOLERANT SOCIETY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE MUCH OF RAD SHAMS PROGRAMMG WILL BE VOTED TO LGBT ISSU—OM CIVIL RIGHTS TO SEX LIFE—'LL ALSO VER POLIL AND ENOMIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARTICLE 230 OF THE TUNISIAN PENAL CRIMALIZ HOMOSEXUALY, PUNISHABLE BY UP TO THREE YEARS PRISON. LAST DECEMBER, TWO GAY MEN WERE ARRTED ON SPICN OF SAME-SEX ACTIVY, FORCED TO UNRGO ANAL EXAMATNS, AND SENTENCED TO EIGHT MONTHS PRISON. OTHERS HAVE BEEN NVICTED SIMPLY FOR ACTG FEME UNR ARTICLE 226, WHICH FORBIDS “ASSLTG PUBLIC CENCY WH AN OBSCENE ATTU.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAMIR DILOU, TUNISIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS MISTER, SISTS THE NCEPT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN "IS SPECIFIC TO THE WT" AND THAT HOMOSEXUALS NEED TO BE "TREATED MEDILLY." DILOU ALSO ATTACKED GAYDAY MAGAZE, TUNISIA'S FIRST (AND ONLY) GAY OUTLET, CLAIMG "EEDOM OF SPEECH HAS S LIMS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PREDICTABLY, RAD SHAMS HAS NOT BEEN UNIVERSALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EEDOMS, MORAL Y AND CHAOTIC VALU,” TOUNSI HOR TOLD AL ARABIYA, ADDG THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS NOT PATIBLE WH ISLAM OR TUNISIAN CULTURE. HE LLED ON THE ERNMENT TO SPEND RAD SHAM “TO PUT AN END TO THE MSAG WHICH THIS MORY, THAT DON'T RPECT [ISLAM] AND THAT ENURAG VICE, WILL PROMOTE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN NOVEMBER, THE LGBT DOCUMENTARY UPON THE SHADOW WAS SCREENED AT A FILM FTIVAL CARTHAGE. WHILE SOME DIENCE MEMBERS WALKED OUT, THOSE WHO REMAED GAVE A STANDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS

INSI TUNISIA'S SHAMS RAD - THE ARAB WORLD'S 'ONLY GAY RAD STATN'

BEIRUT (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Bombard wh ath threats, the head of Tunisia’s first lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) onle rad statn on Wednday refed to stop his efforts to promote “tolerance” a untry where homosexualy is illegal. Une webrad stée à la munté LGBT, la première du genre dans le mon arabe, a vu le jour en Tunisie pour défendre l dros s morés sexuell dans un pays où l'homosexualé rte illégale et réprouvée. Lancée par l'associatn Shams ("Soleil" en arabe), l'un s porte-drape la munté LGBT en Tunisie, "Shams Rad" vise à "sensibiliser la populatn tunisienne, coyens ordair et déciurs poliqu, sur l'homophobie la société et à défendre l libertés dividuell", a diqué à l'AFP le directr général la rad, Bouhdid ants LGBT (lbiens, gays, bisexuels, transgenr) sont sortis l'ombre en Tunisie puis la révolutn 2011 mais lr ndn rte très préire, du fa d'un rejet social vlent et d'une législatn hostile.

L'article 230 du Co pénal ndamne l'homosexualé d'une pee allant jqu'à trois ans prison.

Lancée par l'associatn Shams ("Soleil" en arabe), l'un s porte-drape la munté LGBT en Tunisie, "Shams Rad" vise à "sensibiliser la populatn tunisienne, coyens ordair et déciurs poliqu, sur l'homophobie la société et à défendre l libertés dividuell", a diqué à l'AFP le directr général la rad, Bouhdid ants LGBT (lbiens, gays, bisexuels, transgenr) sont sortis l'ombre en Tunisie puis la révolutn 2011 mais lr ndn rte très préire, du fa d'un rejet social vlent et d'une législatn hostile. Media ptn, Bouhdid Belhedi says his rad statn now has 10, 000 weekly listeners across 15 untriHomosexualy is both illegal and wily nsired to be unacceptable Tunisia.

FIRST LGBT RAD STATN IN THE ARAB WORLD LNCH IN TUNISIARAD SHAMS LNCHED ON DECEMBER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYDECEMBER 18, 2017/8:40 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DUBAI, UAEBY DAN AVERYDECEMBER 18, 2017 / 8:40 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FIRST LGBT RAD STATN IN THE ARAB WORLD LNCH IN TUNISIA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-12-18T13:40:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-12-18T13:40:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NEW RAD STATN HAS LNCHED TUNISIA WH A FOC ON LGBT RIGHTS, A FIRST THE ARAB WORLD. BROADSTG AS OF DECEMBER 15, RAD SHAMS IS THE BRACHILD OF THE LGBT RIGHTS ANIZATN SHAMS, WH SUPPORT OM THE DUTCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OUR GOAL IS TO BE DIBLE EVERYWHERE, NOT ONLY TUNISIA, WHICH IS FEASIBLE WH THIS FORMAT," STATN DIRECTOR BOUHDID BELHADI TOLD HUFFPOST TUNISIA, AND SHARE THE HOPE THAT LGBT PEOPLE “N LIVE A TOLERANT SOCIETY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE MUCH OF RAD SHAMS PROGRAMMG WILL BE VOTED TO LGBT ISSU—OM CIVIL RIGHTS TO SEX LIFE—'LL ALSO VER POLIL AND ENOMIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARTICLE 230 OF THE TUNISIAN PENAL CRIMALIZ HOMOSEXUALY, PUNISHABLE BY UP TO THREE YEARS PRISON. LAST DECEMBER, TWO GAY MEN WERE ARRTED ON SPICN OF SAME-SEX ACTIVY, FORCED TO UNRGO ANAL EXAMATNS, AND SENTENCED TO EIGHT MONTHS PRISON. OTHERS HAVE BEEN NVICTED SIMPLY FOR ACTG FEME UNR ARTICLE 226, WHICH FORBIDS “ASSLTG PUBLIC CENCY WH AN OBSCENE ATTU.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAMIR DILOU, TUNISIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS MISTER, SISTS THE NCEPT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN "IS SPECIFIC TO THE WT" AND THAT HOMOSEXUALS NEED TO BE "TREATED MEDILLY." DILOU ALSO ATTACKED GAYDAY MAGAZE, TUNISIA'S FIRST (AND ONLY) GAY OUTLET, CLAIMG "EEDOM OF SPEECH HAS S LIMS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PREDICTABLY, RAD SHAMS HAS NOT BEEN UNIVERSALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EEDOMS, MORAL Y AND CHAOTIC VALU,” TOUNSI HOR TOLD AL ARABIYA, ADDG THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS NOT PATIBLE WH ISLAM OR TUNISIAN CULTURE. HE LLED ON THE ERNMENT TO SPEND RAD SHAM “TO PUT AN END TO THE MSAG WHICH THIS MORY, THAT DON'T RPECT [ISLAM] AND THAT ENURAG VICE, WILL PROMOTE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN NOVEMBER, THE LGBT DOCUMENTARY UPON THE SHADOW WAS SCREENED AT A FILM FTIVAL CARTHAGE. WHILE SOME DIENCE MEMBERS WALKED OUT, THOSE WHO REMAED GAVE A STANDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Mr Belhedi says he has received 4, 700 msag of abe, cludg ath threats and "even imams llg for me to be to be killed or beaten up" has also been physilly and lbian sex is punishable by up to three years prison Tunisia and was only last year that the ernment said would stop forced anal examatns for people spected of homosexualy. A printial missn, the Individual Freedoms and Equaly Commtee, has remend that homosexualy be crimalised, part of a package of reforms cludg aboln of the ath penalty and greater rights for women.

SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS

A more most alternative proposed by the mtee is the replacement of prison terms for homosexual activy wh a fe. Homosexualy is a taboo and LGBT issu are often dismissed. "In the mastream natnal media, the Arabic words that are normally ed to refer to homosexuals have negative nnotatns, " says Neela Ghoshal, senr rearcher at mpaign group Human Rights Watch.

'Watershed moment'Tunis hairstylist Abdisslem Ben Othmen, 24, says he listens every says the statn has helped him to "feel stronger" and has ma him nfint that he n "live life as a homosexual private" ernment says that sce the 2011 revolutn, people have been ee to exprs themselv however they like, wh the law. However, the Tunisian Mistry for Human Rights cled the BBC's requt for an terview on the subject of homosexual rights the might also be terted :"The revolutn was a watershed moment, " says Ms Ghoshal.