Gay death penalty
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Last updated: 17 December 2024
Types of criminalisation
- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
- Criminalises sexual activity between females
- Criminalises the gender expression of transitioned people
- Imposes the death penalty
Summary
Same-sex sexual activity is prohibited under Sharia law, under which all sex outside of marriage, include lgbtq+ sexual activity, is criminalised. The maximum penalty under the law is the death penalty. Both men and women are criminalised under this law. In addition to potentially organism captured by laws that criminalise same-sex activity, transsexual people may also meet prosecution for failing to adhere to strict dress codes imposed by Sharia law.
The provision has its origins in Islamic regulation, with Saudi Arabia operating an uncodified criminal code based upon Sharia principles.
There is substantial evidence of the law being enforced in recent years, with LGBT people being frequently subject to arrest. Some of those arrested acquire been executed by authorities. Due to the opa
Which countries impose the death penalty on gay people?
Around the world, queer people continue to face discrimination, violence, harassment and social stigma. While social movements have marked progress towards acceptance in many countries, in others homosexuality continues to be outlawed and penalised, sometimes with death.
According to Statistica Research Department, as of 2024, homosexuality is criminalised in 64 countries globally, with most of these nations situated in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In 12 of these countries, the death penalty is either enforced or remains a possibility for secret, consensual same-sex sexual activity.
In many cases, the laws only apply to sexual relations between two men, but 38 countries possess amendments that include those between women in their definitions.
These penalisations represent abuses of human rights, especially the rights to freedom of expression, the right to develop one's own individuality and the right to life.
Which countries enforce the death penalty for homosexuality?
Saudi Arabia
The Wahabbi interpretation of Sharia law in Saudi Arabia maintains that acts of homosexuality should be disciplined in the sa
SUDAN REPEALS DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY – PAN AFRICA ILGA PRESS RELEASE
(this is a statement issued by Pan Africa ILGA, regarding Sudan removing death penalty and flogging for consensual same-sex relations.)
Sudan’s Sovereign Council approved new laws as well as passed amendments to existing laws. Legal reforms included the removal of the death penalty and the administration of 100 lashes as punishment for same-sex intimacy.
Although Article 148 of the Penal Code of 1991, famous as the Sodomy Rule remains with an imprisonment not exceeding 7 years for persons found culpable, advocacy for decriminalisation continues. As per the Sudanese LGBTIQ+ Support Organization, Bedayaa, the LGBT movement in Sudan is encouraged by the legal reforms and continues to struggle for decriminalisation. As it stands, Nigeria, Mauritania and Somalia have capital punishment for the offence of homosexuality: Pan Africa ILGA continues to support the advocacy for the protection and recognition of LGBTIQ+ persons on the continent.
Today marks another milestone. We encourage governments on the continent to take such measures to ensure shelter and protection of their LGBTIQ+ citizens.
Recontextualizing the threat of death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda
Africa
On Tuesday Pride 21, the Ugandan parliament passed a law that severely criminalizes people who have consensual same-sex relations. At the end of April, the law had still not been validated by the President Museveni. Among a range of harsh penalties, the commandment would allow the death penalty for the crime of « aggravated homosexuality ».
By « aggravated homosexuality,» the lawmakers allude to any situation where the a person who committed the offence is living with HIV, is a parent, guardian, or has authority or regulate over the person against whom the offence is committed is a serial offender, applies, administers or uses any drug, material or thing with intent to stupefy or subdue the person against whom the offense is pledged, if the victim is under the age of 18 years or has a disability.
In Uganda, this is not the first time that the parliament has passed a regulation criminalizing same-sex relationships and where the death penalty is among the penalties being considered. The bill, known as the « Kill the Gay Behave », was first proposed in 2
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