Human rights in Yemen
Human rights in Yemen are seen as problematic in numerous ways. The security forces have been responsible for torture, inhumane treatment and even extrajudicial executions.[1]
LGBT rights[edit]
Homosexuality is illegal in Yemen in accordance with the country's Shari'ah legal system.[2] LGBT persons in Yemen are likely to suffer discrimination, legal, and social challenges. Punishments for homosexuality range from flogging to death.[3][4] Yemen is one of only seven countries to apply a death penalty for consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex.[5]
Gay and lesbian websites are blocked by the government.[6]
As of 2007, there was no public or semi-public space for gays as in western countries.[7] The official position is that there are no gays in Yemen.[7]
As a result of Sharia, LGBT people are killed in attacks.[8] The government does not protect its gay citizens from violence.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Derechos: Human Rights in Yemen". Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission: Status of Sexual minorities – Yemen[permanent dead link]
- ↑ New book details increase in antigay violence worldwide[permanent dead link]
- ↑ An FCO programme for promoting the human rights of LGBT people[permanent dead link]
- ↑ World Day against Death Penalty: 7 countries still put people to death for same-sex acts Archived 2009-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Study: 25 countries block Web sites, including those with gay content - News - Advocate.com". Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 And then there was Yemen. Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Yemen: 25-year-old man shot dead for being gay". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016. Unknown parameter
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