Human Rights Watch: Anti-gay laws promote vlence, discrimatn St. Vcent

Contents:

• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
• NAMIBIAN MPS BACK ANTI-GAY LAW SPE SUPREME COURT LG
• THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

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NAMIBIAN MPS BACK ANTI-GAY LAW SPE SUPREME COURT LG

Gay rights activists say the extra-maral laws amount to a ban on same-sex relatns, sce lbian and gay Indonians nnot legally well as new lims on sex and habatn for unmarried people, bans sultg or speakg ntrary to the Indonian ernment, and mak prott illegal whout prottors aquately “notifyg” thori beforehand. Muny, as gay marriage is illegal Indonia. Most Indonians held fairly relaxed views about homosexualy, which was never officially recent years, nservative Islam has gaed ground the untry, and now some fear s fluence is growg, even as s ranks rema a mory Parliament.

“But gay and lbian Indonians, who, of urse, are upl and they n’t be married, they are pletely exposed. ”Police have prevly arrted dozens of gay men for vlatg an anti-pornography law, but now, all gay upl who live together are subject to possible ph for the overhl was backed by Vice Print Ma’f Am, an Islamic cleric and the former chair of the Indonian Ulema Council, the untry’s top body for Islamic scholars, acrdg to two people who spoke on the ndn of anonymy bee they were not thorized to disclose the tails of private nversatns. Ma’f had prevly lled for “stern regulatns” on the sexual activi of gay a reversal, lawmakers on Tuday restated a provisn makg illegal to attack “the honor or digny” of both Indonia’s print and vice print, a le that was stck down by the Constutnal Court 2006.

THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS

Sodomy is also not outlawed is why De Oetomo, an activist wh Indonian LGBTQI+ rights anisatn GAYa Nantara, said he is utly optimistic the laws won’t further quash the rights of LGBTQI+ also said that Bali has long had a thrivg gay scene the areas popular for tourists. Vcent to overturn anti-gay laws om the lonial era that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island. Homosexualy ntu to be crimalized the former Brish lony after many hundreds of years, leavg LGBTQ dividuals wh ltle if any legal protectns while vlent crim were beg mted wh impuny, the report said.

Standg crimal s on the island put nsensual gay sex the same tegory as crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt, although there have been no recent nvictns unr the law.

Gay people have been targeted by fay members, neighbors, -workers, classmat and teachers -- as well as police officers, the report said. In many of the episos, police allegedly refed to offer assistance, and some s beme openly discrimatory toward gay victims. Gay workers were also facg job discrimatn a natn already bet by high unemployment.