Tag: criminalising
Swiss voters make LGBTQ+ discrimination illegal through referendum
In Switzerland, exit polls show that 62% of the population voted in favour of criminalising LGBTQ+ discrimination.
House of Representatives of Indonesia to Vote on Amendments to Criminal Code
The Indonesian House of Representatives will be voting on September 24, 2019, on proposed revisions to the Indonesian Criminal Code which, if passed, will violate the rights of numerous vulnerable groups, including women, LGBTQ people, and religious minorities, as well as limit freedom of speech and association.
A Third of the World’s Countries Continue to Criminalise Same-Sex Relations
On September 6 a year has passed since the Supreme Court of India made the historic decision to decriminalise same-sex relations, causing reverberations across the world, and symbolising the global trend towards decriminalisation.
Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws
Kenya’s High Court on May 24, 2019 upheld laws criminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults, a step backward in the progress Kenya has made toward equality in recent years, Human Rights Watch said last Friday.
Indonesian court rules against criminalising gay sex
The top court in Indonesia has ruled against a petition which was calling for gay sex and sex outside marriage to be illegal.
Despite backlash, LGBTI people make global gains
The last few years have witnessed an unnerving backlash against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) people in twenty countries, including Russia, Morocco, Uganda, Brunei, Syria, Nigeria and The Gambia.