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Two young men ‘sentenced to 80 strokes of public caning’ after hugging and kissing in Indonesia
According to NBC News, they were arrested in April after residents reported seeing them enter the same toilet at Taman Sari city park
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Amnesty report reveals rise in funding and activity for so-called LGBTQ conversion therapy
“We mapped 12 groups promoting the harmful and abusive practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy,'" the Amnesty report states
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Amnesty urges release of 75 detainees following ‘gay party’ in Indonesia
Police claimed to have seized four condoms, sex toys and a sword from the gathering at a villa
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Amnesty calls for full investigation into non-binary gay man ‘beheaded by family’ in Iran
There are fears Alireza Fazeli Monfared's death could go "unpunished"
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Police used tear gas to prevent people celebrating Istanbul Pride
The event has been banned by Turkish authorities for five years
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Amnesty International calls for Turkey to allow a student Pride march to take place
The students at the Middle East Technical University have held a Pride march for the last eight years
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Tanzanian minister says gay people are not under threat despite 10 men subjected to anal examinations
Homosexuality is illegal across Tanzania, with same-sex sexual relations between men are punishable with up to 30 years in prison
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Ten men arrested in Zanzibar on suspicion of being gay after police raid alleged same-sex marriage
The police claim the men were arrested because they were sitting in pairs
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Activist Shon Faye to pay tribute to trans woman stabbed to death at Amnesty International’s Women Making History Festival
Faye will also pay tribute to the transgender activists who lost their lives.
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14 gay men in Egypt sentenced to three years behind bars
Egypt's terrifying crackdown on the LGBT community continues
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30 LGBT people, places and things you need to know: Mobeen Azhar
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Watch | People refuse to buy ‘gay turtle’ in pet shop
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Theatre Preview: Haram Iran
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Amnesty International calls for marriage equality in Northern Ireland
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Amnesty International launches same-sex marriage campaign ahead of Ireland’s referendum
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Police in Indonesia arrest 140 gay men following sauna raid
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Intersex children subject to ‘invasive’ surgery to ‘normalise’ their sex, reports Amnesty International
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I didn’t know what to do about the situation in Chechnya, so I wrote a play
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Gay men in Chechnya held at six different prison camps
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