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STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA a World Survey of Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition of Same-Sex Love MAY TH EDITION STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA A world survey of laws: Criminalisation, protection and recognition of same-sex love Lucas Paoli Itaborahy & Jingshu Zhu ILGA - International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association www.ilga.org INDEX FOREWORD BY ILGA COSECRETARIES GENERAL GLORIA CAREAGA AND RENATO SABBADINI ........................................................ FROM THE AUTHORS ................................................................................................ REFUGEE CONTEXT CONSIDERED JENNI MILLBANK AND EDDIE BRUCEJONES ................................................... MENA, THE MIDDLE EASTERN & NORTH AFRICAN REGION: TERRA INCOGNITA YAHIA ZAIDI ................................................................................................................ LGB RIGHTS GLOBAL OVERVIEW ............................................................................. AFRICA FOREWORD PAN AFRICA ILGA LINDA RM BAUMANN & REV ROWLAND JIDE MACAULAY ................................. LIBERATION IS WITHIN REACH ERIC GITARI................................................................................................................. ALGERIA .......................................................................................................................................................... ANGOLA .......................................................................................................................................................... BOTSWANA .................................................................................................................................................... BURUNDI ....................................................................................................................................................... CAMEROON ................................................................................................................................................... COMOROS ...................................................................................................................................................... EGYPT .............................................................................................................................................................. ERITREA .......................................................................................................................................................... ETHIOPIA ........................................................................................................................................................ ­ GAMBIA .......................................................................................................................................................... GHANA ........................................................................................................................................................... GUINEA ........................................................................................................................................................... KENYA ............................................................................................................................................................. LESOTHO ........................................................................................................................................................ LIBERIA ........................................................................................................................................................... LIBYA ............................................................................................................................................................... MALAWI .......................................................................................................................................................... MAURITANIA .................................................................................................................................................. MAURITIUS ..................................................................................................................................................... MOROCCO ...................................................................................................................................................... MOZAMBIQUE ............................................................................................................................................... NAMIBIA ......................................................................................................................................................... NIGERIA .......................................................................................................................................................... SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE ........................................................................................................................... SENEGAL ........................................................................................................................................................ STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA – MAY 2013 ILGA - International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association 2 www.ilga.org SEYCHELLES ................................................................................................................................................... SIERRA LEONE ............................................................................................................................................... SOMALIA ......................................................................................................................................................... SOUTH SUDAN .............................................................................................................................................. ­ SUDAN ............................................................................................................................................................ ­ SWAZILAND.................................................................................................................................................... TANZANIA....................................................................................................................................................... TOGO ............................................................................................................................................................... TUNISIA .......................................................................................................................................................... UGANDA ......................................................................................................................................................... ZAMBIA ........................................................................................................................................................... ZIMBABWE .....................................................................................................................................................­ ASIA ASIA THESE DAYS DOUGLAS SANDERS ..................................................................­ AFGHANISTAN ...............................................................................................................................................­ BANGLADESH ................................................................................................................................................­ BHUTAN .........................................................................................................................................................­ BRUNEI ...........................................................................................................................................................­ GAZA OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY ............................................................................................­ INDIA ..............................................................................................................................................................­ INDONESIA ....................................................................................................................................................­ IRAN ................................................................................................................................................................­­ IRAQ ................................................................................................................................................................­ KUWAIT ..........................................................................................................................................................­ LEBANON .......................................................................................................................................................­ MALAYSIA .......................................................................................................................................................­ MALDIVES ....................................................................................................................................................... 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