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4 gay men sentenced to be executed in Iran

May 15, 12 4 gay men sentenced to be executed in Iran

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Four Iranian men have been sentenced to hang for their alleged violation of the country’s anti-sodomy laws. Saadat Arefi, Vahid Akbari, Javid Akbari and Houshmand Akbari are all due to be executed after the recent verdict by a high court judge was delivered, according to a report from the Human Rights Activist News Agency in Iran....

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Chile passes anti-bias law after fatal gay bashing

Apr 05, 12 Chile passes anti-bias law after fatal gay bashing

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After seven years of delay and only weeks after a gay man was severely tortured and beaten to death, Chile’s Congress passed an anti-discrimination law. Four suspects, some of whom have criminal records for attacks on gays, have been arrested in the death of Daniel Zamudio. Prosecutors have asked for murder charges in the case....

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Anti-gay Liberian group issues hit list

Apr 04, 12 Anti-gay Liberian group issues hit list

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An anti-gay group distributed fliers in Liberia with a “hit list” of people who support gay rights and threatened to “get to them one by one.” The fliers are just the latest in a hostile national debate about the country’s gay rights position. Liberian lawmakers recently introduced new legislation that would criminalize...

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32 arrests at Moscow Pride, city flouts Euro Court ruling

May 30, 11 32 arrests at Moscow Pride, city flouts Euro Court ruling

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Undeterred by the April ruling from the European Court of Human Rights that banning Moscow Pride is illegal in multiple ways, the city banned the May 28 gay pride parade for the sixth year in a row. Activists responded by trying to rally near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and City Hall. They were violently arrested. Among those...

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Study: 50% of men are infected with HPV virus

Roughly half of men in the general population are infected with the human papillomavirus or HPV, the human wart virus that can cause various types of cancer. The study released on Monday made the case for vaccinating men against the virus even stronger, researchers said. The H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in...

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Court overturns pride parade ban

Hungary’s Budapest Metropolitan Court on Feb. 18 overturned city officials’ refusal to grant permission for this year’s gay pride parade. The city’s ban came after organizers sought to extend the route of the June 18 march to an endpoint in Parliament Square. Officials claimed the new route would disrupt...

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