Alireza Monfared, a 20-year-old Iranian gay man, was allegedly killed by fay members, days before he uld leave to seek asylum.
Contents:
- GAY IRANIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY FAY DAYS BEFORE SEEKG ASYLUM
- 13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
- HORRIFIC KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN PUTS PLIGHT OF IRAN'S LGBT COMMUNY IN SPOTLIGHT
- GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED ‘HONOR KILLG,’ RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
- UNR ISIS: WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHED BY DEATH
GAY IRANIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY FAY DAYS BEFORE SEEKG ASYLUM
* arab gay honor killing *
Alireza Monfared, a 20-year-old who was gay, was allegedly killed by fay members, jt days before he uld leave Iran to seek asylum, acrdg to multiple of his early May ath ma headl the U.
13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
Alireza “Ali” Fazeli Monfared was allegedly killed by his own half-brother and two other male members of his fay after they disvered he was gay. * arab gay honor killing *
"I believe the exact term for this horrendo murr is gay-killg rather than the general term of honor-killg, " Ma Khani, an Iranian LGBTQ and women's rights activist based Germany, told ABC News. "Of urse the motive of such murrs by fay members is to fend the 'honor' of the tribe or fay, but we should never fet the social stigma and hatred nstantly reproduced by the social and legal nstcts agast LGBTQ members, " she this area of the world face enormo dangers for beg openly gay.
Acrdg to Human Rights Watch, nearly 15 untri the Middle East and Northern Ai crimalize homosexualy, leadg to punishments that clu prison, lash and even the ath penalty. But 's people their lol villag and muni that have many gay dividuals sred.
HORRIFIC KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN PUTS PLIGHT OF IRAN'S LGBT COMMUNY IN SPOTLIGHT
A woman monstrat agast the suatn Iran durg the Christopher Street Day gay pri para Berl on June 19, 2010.
Iranian law stat that men over the age of 18 need to serve the ary before they may leave the untry, but homosexualy is classified unr "psychologil disorrs, " which n lead to an exemptn om service.
We are still aaid of the regime makg a database of gay and transgenr people and puttg them unr prsure whenever they want, " Shadi Am, an LGBTQ activist based Germany, told ABC ia of receivg an exemptn rd is leavg many gay and trans Iranians worried they'd be brand and vulnerable to harassment and discrimatn. "It n be an immediate threat to gay men who receive this rd, " Am said.
GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED ‘HONOR KILLG,’ RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
"People hold banners prottg agast discrimatn and persecutn agast homosexuals Iran, July 28, 2007, ont of the Eiffel tower Meda/AFP via Getty Imag, File Mahdi, a 36-year-old Iranian gay man who did not want to e his full name over safety ncerns, told ABC News that hearg the news of Monfared's murr broke his heart. "My own boyiend was already hant to e gay people's ary exemptn.
UNR ISIS: WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHED BY DEATH
"Bis the immediate threat that many gay exempts face now, such way of verage and the prsure om outsi of the untry is not likely to have any impact on the illogil and nservative officials Iran, " he said. A young gay man was btally behead Iran an alleged honored killg mted by the man's half-brother and other male relativ.
"Cultural attus society towards homosexualy are a leral life or ath problem, " Gissou Nia, a human rights lawyer wh the Atlantic Council tweeted, notg that honor killgs by a victim's fay are difficult to prosecute.