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Content Type(s): Press Release
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination, Law & Policy
Region(s): Afghanistan
… LGBTIQ+ Organisation (ALO) welcomes the International Criminal Court's (ICC) recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) victims of gender persecution under international criminal law. Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC made a … and women in Afghanistan. Reports from organizations including Outright International, Human Rights Watch , and the Afghanistan LGBTIQ+ Organisation have documented cases of targeted abuse, …
Content Type(s): Press Release
Topic(s): Torture, Violence and Abuse
Region(s): Afghanistan
… Outright International Publishes Report on the Taliban’s Persecution of LGBTIQ Afghans Submitted by outrightcomms on Tue, 02/14/2023 - 14:16 New York, New York - … first-hand accounts from 22 LGBTIQ Afghans who were interviewed between September and October of last year. Participants shared stories of beatings, sexual assault, or threats because of … in January 2022, which was a collaboration between Outright International and the Human Rights Watch. Outright’s latest findings show that the Taliban has now concentrated its efforts …
Content Type(s): Publication
Topic(s): Torture, Violence and Abuse, Crackdown on Activism
Region(s): Afghanistan
… into hiding at home. The Taliban’s first year of rule by force in Afghanistan demonstrates that LGBTIQ people’s fears were not unfounded. Between September and October 2022, Outright … Taliban security officials now appear to be pursuing LGBTIQ people – especially gay men and trans women – more systematically than in the first few months of Taliban rule, subjecting them … demanded she go with them. When she refused, they grabbed her and said, “What, do you think we don’t recognize you? Now is the time we rip your roots from the earth.” Nasira Nasira, a …