Russia Not Only Country With Anti-Gay Laws. A new Russian law that criminalizes "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors" has sparked growing calls from the global gay community and its supporters for a boycott of Russia's upcoming Winter Olympics. While heads of state like U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have resisted such calls, they and other high-profile figures and institutions have criticized what appears to be Moscow's increasing anti-gay posture.
Iran Should Halt Executions as Rate of Hangings Accelerates. Hundreds gather for a public execution.
So far in 2013, Iran has executed at least 402 individuals, 53 of them in public. 125 People Executed Since Rouhani Took Office (October 8, 2013) – The Iranian authorities should impose an immediate moratorium on executions in Iran given the alarming rise in the use of the death penalty in recent weeks, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center said today. As World Day Against the Death Penalty approaches on October 10, the Judiciary should review the sentencing guidelines that allow for the use of capital punishment, and revise them in accordance with international standards, the human rights organizations added.
In the two weeks between September 11 and September 25, Iranian officials hanged a record 50 individuals, primarily for drug-related offenses. Iran carries out more executions per capita annually than any other country in the world. Iran Human Rights Documentation Center - IHRDC Chart of Executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran - 2013. This chart documents executions of people by the Islamic Republic of Iran beginning in January 2013.
The official announcements are noted but, as the Iranian government does not announce many executions, it is difficult to know the exact number. IHRDC is thus unable to confirm the unofficial reports but has provided links to PDFs of the original sources. It will update this list on a regular basis. Click To View IHRDC Chart of Executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran - 2012 Last Updated 4-9-2014 Total in 2013: 665. LGBT rights in Iran. LGBT rights in Iran since the 1930s[1] have come in conflict with the penal code.
Homosexuality is a crime punishable by imprisonment, corporal punishment, or in some cases of sodomy, even execution.[2] Gay men have faced stricter enforcement actions under the law than lesbians.[3] Iran insists that it does not execute people for homosexuality, and that homosexuals who have been executed have either committed rape, murder, or drug trafficking.[4] Any type of sexual activity outside a heterosexual marriage is forbidden. Transsexuality in Iran is legal if accompanied by a sex change operation; however, transsexuals still report societal intolerance as in other societies around the world.[3] History of LGBT rights in Iran[edit] Pre-Islamic period[edit] The history of homosexuality in Iran has been both influential and contradictory. Islam[edit] Persia was conquered by the Arabs in A.D. 637, when Islam took over as the predominant faith. 20th century Iran[edit] Post Islamic revolution[edit] Iranian human rights official describes homosexuality as an illness.
An Iranian official whose job is to protect human rights has described homosexuality as an illness, after a UN special rapporteur expressed concerns about the systematic persecution of Iran's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
"In our society, homosexuality is regarded as an illness and malady," said Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary general of Iran's high council for human rights, a judicial body in charge of defending the Islamic republic against allegations of rights abuse. Larijani made his remarks on state television in Tehran after Ahmed Shaheed, a former foreign affairs minister of the Maldives who is tasked by the UN with investigating Iran's human rights record, published his latest report which warned of widespread and systematic violations in the country.
"Promoting homosexuality is illegal and we have strong laws against it," Larijani said, according to the conservative news website Khabaronline. "We consider homosexuality an illness that should be cured. Iranian laws. Persecution of Homosexuals (Iran) Note that this page may contain news regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite, and transsexual people (LGBTT) Of the Islamic states that ban lesbian and gay sex, Iran is the most zealously homophobic.
Since 1980, when the fundamentalists came to power under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, over 4,000 lesbians and gay men have been executed, according to estimates by the exiled Iranian homosexual rights group, Homan. In the early 1980's, for example, 70 people were executed after they attempted to set up a lesbian and gay organization. Nearly 100 homosexuals were sentenced to death in 1992 following a raid on a private party.. . . Lesbians and gay men living in countries dominated by the New Dark Ages of Islamic fundamentalism cannot afford the liberal luxury of tolerating religious fanaticism. » Ahmad. Iran executes three men on homosexuality charges. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the United Nations 'we don’t have homosexuals'.
Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP Three Iranian men have been executed after being found guilty of charges related to homosexuality, according to a semi-official news agency.