14/12/2015
Tunisia: jailing of six men for same-sex relations 'shocking' (Amnesty International United Kingdom Section)
(Source: Amnesty International United Kingdom Section) 'This case highlights the entrenched levels of state homophobia in the country' - Said Boumedouha The jailing of six Tunisian men sentenced to three years in prison for sodomy is a shocking example of state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTI people in the country, said Amnesty International today. The men, some of them university students, appeared to have been convicted following anal examinations. Such tests are considered by Amnesty to amount to torture when carried out involuntarily. A court in the city of Kairouan sentenced the men under Article 230 of the Tunisian Penal Code which criminalises 'sodomy and lesbianism', and...
