12 octobre 2006

Citizenship: violence against homosexuals

(EN)
A homosexual is murdered every two days in Latin America due to his sexual orientation, specially in Brazil, Mexico and Peru, according to a report presented in Barcelona by the director of the International Gays and Lesbians Association (IGLA), Stephens Barris, as
reported by Spanish newspaper El Pais. Also, in 32 countries, artificial insemination is prohibited to lesbians or reserved to married women, with the permission of the husband. In addition to the social persecution which they suffer in some places, homosexuals continue being punished by their sexual orientation in 86 countries and capital punishment to homosexuals is still applied in Tchechnia, Sudan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Iran and in some zones of Nigeria and Somalia.

(ES)
Segun informa El Pais, "Un homosexual es asesinado cada dos días en América Latina, según un informeAdemás, en 32 países la inseminación asistida está prohibida a las lesbianas o reservada a mujeres casadas con el permiso del marido."

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