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Uganda: Forced Anal Exams Violate Rights

NewsdeskWorld - LGBTQ RightsOctober 25, 2019

Ugandan police arrested 16 men in Kampala on October 21, 2019 after a crowd shouted homophobic slurs and threatened to attack them. The police accused the men of homosexual conduct.

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Forced Anal Examinations for Gay Men are Stopped in Kenya

NewsdeskWorld - LGBTQ RightsMarch 22, 2018

Today, a Court of Appeals in Kenya, led by a 5 judge bench, ruled that forced anal examinations are contrary to the law. Forced anal examinations have largely been used to “prove” whether or not a man is homosexual in countries where homosexuality is criminalised.

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Global Medical Body Condemns Forced Anal Exams

PressdeskWorld - LGBTQ RightsOctober 17, 2017October 17, 2017

Doctors, medical professionals, and national medical associations should heed the World Medical Association’s October 2017 resolution to end forced anal examinations on people accused of homosexual conduct, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Tunisia: Doctors Oppose ‘Anal Test’ for Homosexuality

NewsdeskWorld - LGBTQ RightsApril 12, 2017

The National Council of the Medical Order in Tunisia issued a statement on April 3, 2017, calling for doctors to cease conducting forced anal and genital examinations, Human Rights Watch said today. The move is an important step toward ending degrading, discriminatory, and unscientific “testing” for evidence of homosexual conduct.

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Lebanon : Syrian Refugee’s Detained, Beaten, Abused on Suspicion of Being Gay

Human Rights WatchWorld - LGBTQ RightsDecember 22, 2016December 22, 2016

A 31-year-old Syrian refugee in Lebanon was allegedly detained and tortured in February 2016, apparently on suspicion of being gay, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

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